argutia

Latin

Etymology

From argūtus (“eloquent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈɡuː.ti.a/, [ärˈɡuːt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡut.t͡si.a/, [ärˈɡut̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

argūtia f (genitive argūtiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) liveliness, nimbleness
2. (chiefly in the plural) clever use of words; verbal trickery, wit; sophistry

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	argūtia	argūtiae
genitive	argūtiae	argūtiārum
dative	argūtiae	argūtiīs
accusative	argūtiam	argūtiās
ablative	argūtiā	argūtiīs
vocative	argūtia	argūtiae

Descendants

• Catalan: argúcia
• French: argutie
• Galician: argucia
• Italian: arguzia
• Portuguese: argúcia
• Romanian: arguție
• Spanish: argucia

References

• “argūtĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• argūtĭae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.