arduitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From arduus + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈdu.ɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈduː.i.tas] === Noun === arduitās f (genitive arduitātis); third declension (Classical Latin) steepness (state or quality of being steep) (Medieval Latin) eminence, importance, prominence (Medieval Latin) arduity, arduousness, difficulty ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (eminence, importance, prominence): ēminentia (Classical) ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ardŭĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "arduitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ardŭĭtās”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 157/2. “arduitās” on page 165/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “arduitas”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 58/2