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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”), itself perhaps extended from *ster- (“stiff”). See strena (“auspicious sign”) for more.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstreː.nu.us/, [ˈs̠t̪reːnuʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstre.nu.us/, [ˈst̪rɛːnuːs]

strēnuus (feminine strēnua, neuter strēnuum, adverb strēnuē); first/second-declension adjective

brisk, nimble, quick, prompt, active
Synonyms: strēnuosus, impiger, vīvus, laetus, acer, alacer

Antonyms: sēgnis, deses, socors
vigorous, strenuous
Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, ingēns, firmus, compos

Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, īnfirmus, inops

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	strēnuus	strēnua	strēnuum		strēnuī	strēnuae	strēnua
Genitive	strēnuī	strēnuae	strēnuī		strēnuōrum	strēnuārum	strēnuōrum
Dative	strēnuō	strēnuae	strēnuō		strēnuīs
Accusative	strēnuum	strēnuam	strēnuum		strēnuōs	strēnuās	strēnua
Ablative	strēnuō	strēnuā	strēnuō		strēnuīs
Vocative	strēnue	strēnua	strēnuum		strēnuī	strēnuae	strēnua

English: strenuous
Italian: strenuo
Portuguese: estrénuo, estrênuo

“strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“strenuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
strenuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.