iracundia

Latin

Etymology

īrācundus + -ia

Pronunciation

Noun

īrācundia f (genitive īrācundiae); first declension

  1. irritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īrācundia īrācundiae
Genitive īrācundiae īrācundiārum
Dative īrācundiae īrācundiīs
Accusative īrācundiam īrācundiās
Ablative īrācundiā īrācundiīs
Vocative īrācundia īrācundiae

Descendants

  • Italian: iracondia
  • Spanish: iracundia

References

  • iracundia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iracundia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
    • to be fired with rage: iracundia inflammatum esse
    • to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere
    • to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
    • to restrain, master one's passion: iracundiam continere, cohibere, reprimere
    • to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger: animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare

Spanish

Noun

iracundia f (plural iracundias)

  1. irritability

Further reading

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