assiduus

Latin

Etymology

From assid(eō) +‎ -uus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.du.us/, [asˈsɪ.dʊ.ʊs]

Adjective

assiduus (feminine assidua, neuter assiduum); first/second declension

1. constant, regular, perpetual
2. unremitting, incessant

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	assiduus	assidua	assiduum		assiduī	assiduae	assidua
genitive	assiduī	assiduae	assiduī		assiduōrum	assiduārum	assiduōrum
dative	assiduō		assiduō		assiduīs
accusative	assiduum	assiduam	assiduum		assiduōs	assiduās	assidua
ablative	assiduō	assiduā	assiduō		assiduīs
vocative	assidue	assidua	assiduum		assiduī	assiduae	assidua

Descendants

• Catalan: assidu
• English: assiduous
• French: assidu
• Spanish: asiduo

References

• assiduus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assiduus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be always in some one's company: assiduum esse cum aliquo