iracundia
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- īrācundia: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.raːˈkʊn.di.a]
- īrācundia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.raˈkun̪.d̪i.a]
- īrācundiā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.raːˈkʊn.di.aː]
- īrācundiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.raˈkun̪.d̪i.a]
Noun
īrācundia f (genitive īrācundiae); first declension
- irritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulness
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īrācundia | īrācundiae |
| genitive | īrācundiae | īrācundiārum |
| dative | īrācundiae | īrācundiīs |
| accusative | īrācundiam | īrācundiās |
| ablative | īrācundiā | īrācundiīs |
| vocative | īrācundia | īrācundiae |
Descendants
References
- “iracundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- iracundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
- to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
- to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
- to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
- to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
- to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
Spanish
Noun
iracundia f (plural iracundias)
Further reading
- “iracundia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024