generositas

Latin

Etymology

From generōsus (“noble, generous”) +‎ -itās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈroː.si.taːs/, [ɡɛnɛˈroːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.si.tas/, [d͡ʒeneˈrɔːs̬it̪äs]

Noun

generōsitās f (genitive generōsitātis); third declension

1. breeding, nobility
2. generosity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	generōsitās	generōsitātēs
Genitive	generōsitātis	generōsitātum
Dative	generōsitātī	generōsitātibus
Accusative	generōsitātem	generōsitātēs
Ablative	generōsitāte	generōsitātibus
Vocative	generōsitās	generōsitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: generositat
• Galician: xenerosidade
• Italian: generosità
• Middle French: générosité
  • English: generosity
  • French: générosité
• Portuguese: generosidade
• Romanian: generozitate
• Spanish: generosidad
• Sicilian: ginirusità

References

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