austeritas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈteː.ri.taːs/, [äu̯s̠ˈt̪eːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯sˈte.ri.tas/, [äu̯sˈt̪ɛːrit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
austēritās f (genitive austēritātis); third declension
- (of taste) bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency
- (of colors) darkness, dinginess, sombreness
- (figuratively) severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: austeritat
- → French: austérité
- → Galician: austeridade
- → Italian: austerità
- → Portuguese: austeridade
- → Romanian: austeritate
- → Spanish: austeridad
References[edit]
- “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.