tristitia
Latin
Etymology
From trīstis (“sad”) + -itia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triːsˈti.ti.a/, [t̪riːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trisˈtit.t͡si.a/, [t̪risˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
trīstitia f (genitive trīstitiae); first declension
- sadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth
- the (sad) state of things
- (of demeanor) moroseness, sourness
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trīstitia | trīstitiae |
Genitive | trīstitiae | trīstitiārum |
Dative | trīstitiae | trīstitiīs |
Accusative | trīstitiam | trīstitiās |
Ablative | trīstitiā | trīstitiīs |
Vocative | trīstitia | trīstitiae |
Synonyms
- (sadness): trīstitās, trīstitūdō
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “tristitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tristitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tristitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.