assiduus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
    Proto-Italic *ad
    Latin ad
    Latin ad-
    Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.
    Proto-Italic *sedēō
    Latin sedeō
    Latin assideo
    Proto-Italic *-wos
    Latin -uus
    Latin assiduus

    From assid(eō) +‎ -uus.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    assiduus (feminine assidua, neuter assiduum, superlative assiduissimus, adverb assiduē); first/second-declension adjective

    1. constant, regular, perpetual
      Synonyms: aeternus, aeternus, perennis, continuātus, perpetuus, diuturnus
    2. unremitting, incessant

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative assiduus assidua assiduum assiduī assiduae assidua
    genitive assiduī assiduae assiduī assiduōrum assiduārum assiduōrum
    dative assiduō assiduae assiduō assiduīs
    accusative assiduum assiduam assiduum assiduōs assiduās assidua
    ablative assiduō assiduā assiduō assiduīs
    vocative assidue assidua assiduum assiduī assiduae assidua

    Descendants

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    Descendants
    • Italian: assiduo
    • → Catalan: assidu (learned)
    • → English: assiduous (learned)
    • → French: assidu (learned)
    • → Galician: asiduo (learned)
    • → Portuguese: assíduo (learned)
    • → Spanish: asiduo (learned)

    References

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    • “assiduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • assiduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be always in some one's company: assiduum esse cum aliquo
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