alacritas

== Latin == === Etymology === From alacer (“brisk”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫa.krɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlaː.kri.tas] === Noun === alacritās f (genitive alacritātis); third declension cheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation Synonyms: impigritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās Antonyms: sēgnitia, pigritia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium alacrity, eagerness, persistence, zeal, fervour, ardour Synonyms: vehementia, ardor, studium, impetus, calor joy, rejoicing, exultation, triumph Synonyms: dēlicium, dēlectātiō, voluptās, laetitia, gaudium Antonyms: maeror, maestitia, aegritūdō, lūctus, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, dēsīderium ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== alacer alacris alacriter ==== Descendants ==== === References === “alacritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alacritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “alacritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.