exiguitas

Latin

Etymology

From exiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]

Noun

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension

1. scantiness
2. smallness, shortness
3. scarcity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs
Genitive	exiguitātis	exiguitātum
Dative	exiguitātī	exiguitātibus
Accusative	exiguitātem	exiguitātēs
Ablative	exiguitāte	exiguitātibus
Vocative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs

References

• “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.