audacia
See also: audácia
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdaː.ki.a/
Noun
audācia f (genitive audāciae); first declension
- The state or quality of being bold; boldness.
- (good sense) Daring, intrepidity, courage, valor, confidence; a daring or courageous action.
- (bad sense) Daring, audacity, impetuosity, recklessness, rashness, presumption, insolence; a reckless or audacious action.
Usage notes
Audācia only properly renders a sense of courage, valor or confidence in connection to risk-taking; when used in these senses there is a quality of reckless action implied. To render "courage" in the sense of an innate human quality, animōsitās is better. To render confidence in a similar sense, use cōnfīdentia.
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | audācia | audāciae |
Genitive | audāciae | audāciārum |
Dative | audāciae | audāciīs |
Accusative | audāciam | audāciās |
Ablative | audāciā | audāciīs |
Vocative | audācia | audāciae |
Descendants
References
- audacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- audacia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- audacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- audacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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