noun · femininethird declension
diūturnitās
diūturnitās f (genitive diūturnitātis)
Meaning
- long duration
- durability
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
longum tempusdiūturnitās -ātis (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 19
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | diūturnitās | diūturnitātēs |
| genitive | diūturnitātis | diūturnitātum |
| dative | diūturnitātī | diūturnitātibus |
| accusative | diūturnitātem | diūturnitātēs |
| ablative | diūturnitāte | diūturnitātibus |
| vocative | diūturnitās | diūturnitātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vel maximos luctus vetustate tollit diuturnitas (Fam. 5. 16. 5)
- time assuages the most violent grief.
dĭūturnĭtas, ātis, f. diuturnus,
I. length of time, long duration, durability (good prose).
(a). With gen.:
temporis, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 27, 87 (opp. brevitas): imperii, id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26: pacis, id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 7: otii, id. ib. 2, 36, 1: belli, id. B. G. 1, 40, 8; Sall. J. 64 fin.: pugnae, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3: oppugnationis, id. B. C. 3, 9, 6: memoriae, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 129: rei publicae, id. Rep. 2, 14 fin. et saep.—(b). Absol., Cic. de Sen. 11 fin.; id. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40 (with longinquitas); id. Off. 2, 7, 23 al.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
diūturnitās ātis, f
diuturnus, length of time, long duration, durability : diuturnitate exstingui: temporis: pacis, Cs.: memoriae.
In English words that came into English from diūturnitās
- diuturnitydiuturnitatem