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Revision as of 20:40, 23 May 2023
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]
Noun
exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension
- scantiness
- smallness, shortness
- 1637, Pierre de Fermat :
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem]; marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem]; marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- scarcity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
Genitive | exiguitātis | exiguitātum |
Dative | exiguitātī | exiguitātibus |
Accusative | exiguitātem | exiguitātēs |
Ablative | exiguitāte | exiguitātibus |
Vocative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: exigüitat
- French: exiguïté
- Galician: exigüidade
- Italian: esiguità
- Portuguese: exiguidade
- Spanish: exigüidad
References
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.