diuturnus
Latin
Etymology
diu (comparative stem: diut-) + -urnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.uːˈtur.nus/, [d̪iuːˈt̪ʊrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.uˈtur.nus/, [d̪iuˈt̪urnus]
Adjective
diūturnus (feminine diūturna, neuter diūturnum, comparative diūturnior); first/second-declension adjective
- long-lasting
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni; VIII, 8, 11
- Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.
- That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits is eternal.
- Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni; VIII, 8, 11
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | diūturnus | diūturna | diūturnum | diūturnī | diūturnae | diūturna | |
Genitive | diūturnī | diūturnae | diūturnī | diūturnōrum | diūturnārum | diūturnōrum | |
Dative | diūturnō | diūturnō | diūturnīs | ||||
Accusative | diūturnum | diūturnam | diūturnum | diūturnōs | diūturnās | diūturna | |
Ablative | diūturnō | diūturnā | diūturnō | diūturnīs | |||
Vocative | diūturne | diūturna | diūturnum | diūturnī | diūturnae | diūturna |
References
- “diuturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diuturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diuturnus 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)
- diuturnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- diuturnus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016