morositas

Latin

Etymology 1

morōsus (peevish”, “wayward”, “capricious”, “difficult [to please]) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.si.taːs/, [moːˈroː.sɪ.taːs]

Noun

mōrōsitās f (genitive mōrōsitātis); third declension

  1. peevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom, ill-humor, moodiness, morosity
  2. niceness, pedantry, over-scrupulousness, too great nicety, captiousness, persnicketiness, over-refinement, purism
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōrōsitās mōrōsitātēs
Genitive mōrōsitātis mōrōsitātum
Dative mōrōsitātī mōrōsitātibus
Accusative mōrōsitātem mōrōsitātēs
Ablative mōrōsitāte mōrōsitātibus
Vocative mōrōsitās mōrōsitātēs
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

morōsus (slow [in coming]”, “lingering) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating states of being).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈroː.si.taːs/, [mɔˈroː.sɪ.taːs]

Noun

morōsitās f (genitive morōsitātis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) procrastination
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative morōsitās morōsitātēs
Genitive morōsitātis morōsitātum
Dative morōsitātī morōsitātibus
Accusative morōsitātem morōsitātēs
Ablative morōsitāte morōsitātibus
Vocative morōsitās morōsitātēs
Synonyms

References

  • morositas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • morositas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • morositas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “morositas”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 705/2
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