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#: {{Q|la|year=1637|author=[[w:Pierre de Fermat|Pierre de Fermat]]|quote=''Hanc [[[dēmōnstrātiō]]nem] [[margo|marginis]] '''exiguitās''' nōn [[capio|caperet]].''|t=The '''smallness''' of the margin could not contain this [proof].}}
#* {{Q|la|year=1637|author=[[w:Pierre de Fermat|Pierre de Fermat]]|quote=''Hanc <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[dēmōnstrātiō]]nem<nowiki>]</nowiki>; [[margo|marginis]] '''exiguitās''' nōn [[capio|caperet]].''|t=The '''smallness''' of the margin could not contain this [proof].}}
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# [[scarcity]]



Revision as of 20:40, 23 May 2023

Latin

Etymology

From exiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension

  1. scantiness
  2. smallness, shortness
  3. 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

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.