exiguitas

Latin

Etymology

From exiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]

Noun

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension

  1. scantiness
  2. smallness, shortness
    1637, Pierre de Fermat :
    Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
    The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].
  3. scarcity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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
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