tenacitas

Latin

Etymology

From tenāx (“tenacious”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /teˈnaː.ki.taːs/, [t̪ɛˈnäːkɪt̪äːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈna.t͡ʃi.tas/, [t̪eˈnäːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

tenācitās f (genitive tenācitātis); third declension

tenacity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tenācitās	tenācitātēs
Genitive	tenācitātis	tenācitātum
Dative	tenācitātī	tenācitātibus
Accusative	tenācitātem	tenācitātēs
Ablative	tenācitāte	tenācitātibus
Vocative	tenācitās	tenācitātēs

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: tenacitat
English: tenacity
French: ténacité
Italian: tenacità
Portuguese: tenacidade
Romanian: tenacitate
Spanish: tenacidad

References

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

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