pervicacia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pervicācia.

Noun

pervicacia f (plural pervicacie)

  1. stubbornness, obstinacy

Further reading

  • pervicacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

pervicāx + -ia

Noun

pervicācia f (genitive pervicāciae); first declension

  1. persistence
  2. obstinacy
    • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
      Nos quidem tantam hominum pervicaciam, quorum effrenatus furor impunitate diuturna, impensaeque nostrae benignitatis indulgentia non deliniri, sed ali potius conspiciebatur, […] debuimus tandem virga compescere;
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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pervicācia pervicāciae
Genitive pervicāciae pervicāciārum
Dative pervicāciae pervicāciīs
Accusative pervicāciam pervicāciās
Ablative pervicāciā pervicāciīs
Vocative pervicācia pervicāciae
Descendants
  • Italian: pervicacia
  • Portuguese: pervicácia

Adjective

pervicācia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of pervicāx

References

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