assiduus

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.du.us/, [äs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪uʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.du.us/, [äsˈsiːd̪uːs]

Adjective

assiduus (feminine assidua, neuter assiduum, superlative assiduissimus, adverb assiduē); first/second-declension adjective

constant, regular, perpetual
Synonyms: aeternus, aeternus, perennis, continuātus, perpetuus, diuturnus
unremitting, incessant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	assiduus	assidua	assiduum	assiduī	assiduae	assidua
Genitive	assiduī	assiduae	assiduī	assiduōrum	assiduārum	assiduōrum
Dative	assiduō	assiduae	assiduō	assiduīs
Accusative	assiduum	assiduam	assiduum	assiduōs	assiduās	assidua
Ablative	assiduō	assiduā	assiduō	assiduīs
Vocative	assidue	assidua	assiduum	assiduī	assiduae	assidua

Descendants

Catalan: assidu
→ English: assiduous
French: assidu
Galician: asiduo
Italian: assiduo
Portuguese: assíduo
Spanish: asiduo

References

“assiduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
assiduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be always in some one's company: assiduum esse cum aliquo

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