exiguitas

Latin

Etymology

From exiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ɛks̠ɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.siˈɡu.i.tas/, [eɡziˈɡuːit̪äs]

Noun

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis); third declension

scantiness
smallness, shortness
- 1637, Pierre de Fermat :
  Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.
  The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].
scarcity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs
Genitive	exiguitātis	exiguitātum
Dative	exiguitātī	exiguitātibus
Accusative	exiguitātem	exiguitātēs
Ablative	exiguitāte	exiguitātibus
Vocative	exiguitās	exiguitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: exigüitat
French: exiguïté
Galician: exigüidade
Italian: esiguità
Portuguese: exiguidade
Spanish: exigüidad

References

“exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“exiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
exiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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