arrogantia

Latin

Alternative forms

• adrogantia

Etymology

From arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō (“arrogate to myself, assume”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.roˈɡan.ti.a/, [ärːɔˈɡän̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.roˈɡan.t͡si.a/, [ärːoˈɡänt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

arrogantia f (genitive arrogantiae); first declension

1. An assuming, presumption; arrogance, conceitedness.

   Synonyms: insolentia, superbia, spīritus

2. Pride, haughtiness, insolence.
3. Obstinacy, stubbornness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arrogantia	arrogantiae
Genitive	arrogantiae	arrogantiārum
Dative	arrogantiae	arrogantiīs
Accusative	arrogantiam	arrogantiās
Ablative	arrogantiā	arrogantiīs
Vocative	arrogantia	arrogantiae

Related terms

• arrogāns
• arroganter
• arrogātiō
• arrogātor
• arrogō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: arrogància
• English: arrogance
• French: arrogance
• Galician: arrogancia
• Italian: arroganza
• Portuguese: arrogância
• Romanian: aroganță
• Spanish: arrogancia

References

• “arrogantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arrogantia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• arrogantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.