austeritas
Latin
Etymology
From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯sˈteː.ri.taːs/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈte.ri.tas/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːrit̪äs]
Noun
austēritās f (genitive austēritātis); third declension
- (of taste) bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency
- (of colors) darkness, dinginess, sombreness
- (figuratively) severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | austēritās | austēritātēs |
Genitive | austēritātis | austēritātum |
Dative | austēritātī | austēritātibus |
Accusative | austēritātem | austēritātēs |
Ablative | austēritāte | austēritātibus |
Vocative | austēritās | austēritātēs |
Synonyms
- (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia
Antonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: austeritat
- → French: austérité
- → Galician: austeridade
- → Italian: austerità
- → Portuguese: austeridade
- → Spanish: austeridad
References
- “austeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- austeritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- austeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.