industrius

Latin

Etymology

Probably from indu (“in, within”), archaic variation of in, + struō (“build”).^[1]

Sometimes connected to Old High German ustrī (“industry”), Old English and-ūstrian (“to hate, detest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdus.tri.us/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ʊs̠t̪riʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdus.tri.us/, [in̪ˈd̪ust̪rius]

Adjective

industrius (feminine industria, neuter industrium, comparative industrior or industriior); first/second-declension adjective

1. active, industrious, assiduous, diligent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	industrius	industria	industrium		industriī	industriae	industria
Genitive	industriī	industriae	industriī		industriōrum	industriārum	industriōrum
Dative	industriō		industriō		industriīs
Accusative	industrium	industriam	industrium		industriōs	industriās	industria
Ablative	industriō	industriā	industriō		industriīs
Vocative	industrie	industria	industrium		industriī	industriae	industria

Synonyms

• (active, industrious): impiger, nāvus
• (diligent): dīligēns, nāvus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “active”): dēses, inactuōsus, iners, reses, sēgnis, socors
• (antonym(s) of “diligent”): incūriōsus, indīligēns, neglegēns

Derived terms

• industria
• industriē

Related terms

• industriōsē
• industriōsus

References

• “industrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “industrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• industrius 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)
• industrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189; 592