Italian

Noun

pervicacia f ‎(plural pervicacie)

1. stubbornness, obstinacy

Related terms

• pervicace

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /per.wiˈkaː.ki.a/, [pɛr.wɪˈkaː.ki.a]

Noun

pervicācia f ‎(genitive pervicāciae); first declension

1. 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;

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• pervicāx
• pervincō

Adjective

pervicācia

1. nominative neuter plural of pervicax
2. accusative neuter plural of pervicax
3. vocative neuter plural of pervicax

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pervicacia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.