astutia

== Latin == === Etymology === From ā̆stūtus (“cunning, full of tricks”) +‎ -ia. First attested in Plautus and as aastvtieis in 3d to 2nd century BCE Falerii, with what appears to be a practice of marking long vowels also observed in a nearby inscription. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːsˈtuː.ti.a], [asˈtuː.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈtut.t͡si.a] === Noun === ā̆stūtia f (genitive ā̆stūtiae); first declension cunning, craftiness, cleverness, shrewdness (adeptness at using tricks) subtlety a cunning trick, stratagem ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “astūtia” on page 212 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “astutia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “astutia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “astutia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.