raritas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈraː.ri.taːs/, [ˈräːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.ri.tas/, [ˈräːrit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
rāritās f (genitive rāritātis); third declension
- looseness, thinness, the state of being loose, not dense
- rarity, scarcity, moderation
- a thing that is rare, a rarity
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rāritās | rāritātēs |
| Genitive | rāritātis | rāritātum |
| Dative | rāritātī | rāritātibus |
| Accusative | rāritātem | rāritātēs |
| Ablative | rāritāte | rāritātibus |
| Vocative | rāritās | rāritātēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “raritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “raritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- raritas 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)
- raritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
raritas f pl