rigiditas

Latin

Etymology

rigidus +‎ -tās

Noun

rigiditās f (genitive rigiditātis); third declension

1. stiffness, rigidity
2. hardness (of wood)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rigiditās	rigiditātēs
Genitive	rigiditātis	rigiditātum
Dative	rigiditātī	rigiditātibus
Accusative	rigiditātem	rigiditātēs
Ablative	rigiditāte	rigiditātibus
Vocative	rigiditās	rigiditātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: rigiditat
• English: rigidity
• French: rigidité
• Italian: rigidità

References

• “rigiditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rigiditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.