tenacitas
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tenāx (“tenacious”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /teˈnaː.ki.taːs/, [t̪ɛˈnäːkɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃi.tas/, [t̪eˈnäːt͡ʃit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]tenācitās f (genitive tenācitātis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tenācitās | tenācitātēs |
Genitive | tenācitātis | tenācitātum |
Dative | tenācitātī | tenācitātibus |
Accusative | tenācitātem | tenācitātēs |
Ablative | tenācitāte | tenācitātibus |
Vocative | tenācitās | tenācitātēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: tenacitat
- English: tenacity
- French: ténacité
- Italian: tenacità
- Portuguese: tenacidade
- Romanian: tenacitate
- Spanish: tenacidad
References
[edit]- “tenacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tenacitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tenacitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.