argutia

Latin

Etymology

From argūtus (“eloquent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡuː.ti.a/, [ärˈɡuːt̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡut.t͡si.a/, [ärˈɡut̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

argūtia f (genitive argūtiae); first declension

(chiefly in the plural) liveliness, nimbleness
(chiefly in the plural) clever use of words; verbal trickery, wit; sophistry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argūtia	argūtiae
Genitive	argūtiae	argūtiārum
Dative	argūtiae	argūtiīs
Accusative	argūtiam	argūtiās
Ablative	argūtiā	argūtiīs
Vocative	argūtia	argūtiae

Descendants

→ Catalan: argúcia
→ French: argutie
- → Romanian: arguție
→ Galician: argucia
→ Italian: arguzia
→ Portuguese: argúcia
→ Spanish: argucia

References

“argūtĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
argūtĭae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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