duritia

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [duːˈrɪ.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪uˈrit̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Noun

dūritia f (genitive dūritiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dūritia	dūritiae
genitive	dūritiae	dūritiārum
dative	dūritiae	dūritiīs
accusative	dūritiam	dūritiās
ablative	dūritiā	dūritiīs
vocative	dūritia	dūritiae

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: duresa, → durícia
English: duress
Friulian: durece
Galician: dureza
Italian: durezza
Old French: durece, duresse
Portuguese: dureza
Sardinian: duresa
Sicilian: durizza
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.