argutia

Latin

Etymology

From argūtus (“eloquent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡuː.ti.a/, [ärˈɡuːt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈɡut.t͡si.a/, [ärˈɡut̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

argūtia f (genitive argūtiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) liveliness, nimbleness
2. (chiefly in the plural) clever use of words; verbal trickery, wit; sophistry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argūtia	argūtiae
Genitive	argūtiae	argūtiārum
Dative	argūtiae	argūtiīs
Accusative	argūtiam	argūtiās
Ablative	argūtiā	argūtiīs
Vocative	argūtia	argūtiae

Descendants

• → Catalan: argúcia
• → French: argutie
  • → Romanian: arguție
• → Galician: argucia
• → Italian: arguzia
• → Portuguese: argúcia
• → Spanish: argucia

References

• “argūtĭae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• argūtĭae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.