duritia

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /duːˈri.ti.a/, [d̪uːˈrɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈrit.t͡si.a/, [d̪uˈrit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

dūritia f (genitive dūritiae); first declension

1. hardness, rigidity

   Synonyms: dūritās, dūritiēs

2. (of taste) harsh, having a harsh flavor
3. (figuratively) austerity, severity
4. (figuratively) insensibility, absence of feeling
5. 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

• dūrābilis
• dūrē
• dūrēscō
• dūritās
• dūriter
• durities
• dūrō
• dūrus

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.