promptitudo

Latin

Etymology

prōmptus +‎ -tūdō

Noun

prōmptitūdō f (genitive prōmptitūdinis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) promptitude
    • early 5th c., Maximus of Turin, Sermones 57:
      ..., atque promptitudo eius fidei a Maximo commendatur.
      ...and the promptitude of his faith was commended by Maximus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōmptitūdō prōmptitūdinēs
Genitive prōmptitūdinis prōmptitūdinum
Dative prōmptitūdinī prōmptitūdinibus
Accusative prōmptitūdinem prōmptitūdinēs
Ablative prōmptitūdine prōmptitūdinibus
Vocative prōmptitūdō prōmptitūdinēs

Descendants
  • → English: promptitude
  • → French: promptitude
  • → Spanish: prontitud
  • Portuguese: prontidão

References
  • “promptitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • promptitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • promptitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • promptitudo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.