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tristitia
tristitia
Latin
Noun
trīstitia f (genitive trīstitiae); first declension
- sadness, sorrow, melancholy
- the (sad) state of things
- (of demeanor) moroseness, sourness
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trīstitia | trīstitiae |
| genitive | trīstitiae | trīstitiārum |
| dative | trīstitiae | trīstitiīs |
| accusative | trīstitiam | trīstitiās |
| ablative | trīstitiā | trīstitiīs |
| vocative | trīstitia | trīstitiae |
Synonyms
- (sadness): trīstitās, trīstitūdō
Related terms
- trīste
- trīstis
- trīstitās
- trīstitūdō
Descendants
- French: tristesse
- Italian: tristezza, tristizia
- Portuguese: tristeza
- Romanian: tristețe
- Spanish: tristeza
References
- tristitia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tristitia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tristitia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.