pertinacia

Italian

Noun

pertinacia f (plural pertinacie)

1. pertinacity

Related terms

• pertinace

Anagrams

• anticipare, anticiperà, inerpicata

Latin

Etymology

From pertināx +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛr.tɪˈnaː.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [per.t̪iˈnaː.t͡ʃi.a]

Noun

pertinācia f (genitive pertināciae); first declension

1. perseverance, constancy
2. obstinacy, stubbornness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pertinācia	pertināciae
genitive	pertināciae	pertināciārum
dative	pertināciae	pertināciīs
accusative	pertināciam	pertināciās
ablative	pertināciā	pertināciīs
vocative	pertinācia	pertināciae

Related terms

• pertināx

Descendants

• → Catalan: pertinàcia

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pertinācia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾtiˈnaθja/ [peɾ.t̪iˈna.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /peɾtiˈnasja/ [peɾ.t̪iˈna.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: per‧ti‧na‧cia

Noun

pertinacia f (plural pertinacias)

1. persistence
2. obstinacy

   Synonym: obstinación

Further reading

• “pertinacia”, in w:Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, w:Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024