exiguitas
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.sɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡ.ziˈɡuː.i.t̪as]
Noun
exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension
- scantiness
- smallness, shortness
- 1637, Pierre de Fermat:
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].
- Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
- scarcity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
| genitive | exiguitātis | exiguitātum |
| dative | exiguitātī | exiguitātibus |
| accusative | exiguitātem | exiguitātēs |
| ablative | exiguitāte | exiguitātibus |
| vocative | exiguitās | exiguitātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: exigüitat
- French: exiguïté
- Galician: exigüidade
- Italian: esiguità
- Portuguese: exiguidade
- Spanish: exigüidad
References
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.