pervicacia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pervicācia.

Noun

pervicacia f (plural pervicacie)

1. stubbornness, obstinacy

Related terms

• pervicace

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /per.u̯iˈkaː.ki.a/, [pɛru̯ɪˈkäːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.viˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [perviˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

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;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Related terms

• pervincō

Descendants

• Italian: pervicacia
• Portuguese: pervicácia

Etymology 2

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.