iracundia

Latin

Etymology

īrācundus +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• īrācundia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iː.raːˈkun.di.a/, [iːräːˈkʊn̪d̪iä]
• īrācundia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.raˈkun.di.a/, [iräˈkun̪d̪iä]
• īrācundiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iː.raːˈkun.di.aː/, [iːräːˈkʊn̪d̪iäː]
• īrācundiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.raˈkun.di.a/, [iräˈkun̪d̪iä]

Noun

īrācundia f (genitive īrācundiae); first declension

1. irritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īrācundia	īrācundiae
genitive	īrācundiae	īrācundiārum
dative	īrācundiae	īrācundiīs
accusative	īrācundiam	īrācundiās
ablative	īrācundiā	īrācundiīs
vocative	īrācundia	īrācundiae

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: rigonha
• → Italian: iracondia
• → Spanish: iracundia

References

• “iracundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iracundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
    
  • to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
    
  • to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
    
  • to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
    
  • to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
    
  • to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
    

Spanish

Noun

iracundia f (plural iracundias)

1. irritability

Further reading

• “iracundia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28