duritia

Latin

Etymology

dūrus (“hard”) +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /duːˈri.ti.a/, [duːˈrɪ.ti.a]

Noun

dūritia f (genitive dūritiae); first declension

hardness, rigidity
(of taste) harsh, having a harsh flavor
(figuratively) austerity, severity
(figuratively) insensibility, absence of feeling
harshness, strictness, rigor

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dūritia	dūritiae
Genitive	dūritiae	dūritiārum
Dative	dūritiae	dūritiīs
Accusative	dūritiam	dūritiās
Ablative	dūritiā	dūritiīs
Vocative	dūritia	dūritiae

Synonyms

(hardness): dūritās

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: duresa
English: duress
Friulian: durece
Galician: dureza

Italian: durezza
Old French: durece, duresse
Portuguese: dureza
Sardinian: duresa
Spanish: dureza

References

duritia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duritia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
duritia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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