austeritas

Latin

Etymology

From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯sˈteː.rɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯sˈt̪ɛː.ri.t̪as]

Noun

austēritās f (genitive austēritātis); third declension

(of taste) bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency
(of colors) darkness, dinginess, sombreness
(figuratively) severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	austēritās	austēritātēs
genitive	austēritātis	austēritātum
dative	austēritātī	austēritātibus
accusative	austēritātem	austēritātēs
ablative	austēritāte	austēritātibus
vocative	austēritās	austēritātēs

Synonyms

(bitterness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “bitterness”): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: austeritat
→ French: austérité
→ Galician: austeridade
→ Italian: austerità
→ Portuguese: austeridade
→ Romanian: austeritate
→ Spanish: austeridad

References

“austeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"austeritas", 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)
austeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.