pertinacia

Italian

Noun

pertinacia f (plural pertinacie)

1. pertinacity

Related terms

• pertinace

Anagrams

• anticipare, anticiperà, inerpicata

Latin

Etymology

From pertināx +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /per.tiˈnaː.ki.a/, [pɛrt̪ɪˈnäːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.tiˈna.t͡ʃi.a/, [pert̪iˈnäːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

pertinācia f (genitive pertināciae); first declension

1. perseverance, constancy
2. obstinacy, stubbornness

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Noun

pertinacia f (plural pertinacias)

1. persistence
2. obstinacy

Further reading

• “pertinacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014