summitas

Latin

Etymology

From summus (“highest, topmost”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsum.mi.taːs/, [ˈs̠ʊmːɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsum.mi.tas/, [ˈsumːit̪äs]

Noun

summitās f (genitive summitātis); third declension

1. The highest part of something; height, top, summit.

   Synonyms: cacūmen, vertex, apex, culmen, fastīgium

   Antonym: fundus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	summitās	summitātēs
Genitive	summitātis	summitātum
Dative	summitātī	summitātibus
Accusative	summitātem	summitātēs
Ablative	summitāte	summitātibus
Vocative	summitās	summitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: summitat
• Italian: sommità
• Portuguese: sumidade
• Spanish: sumidad

References

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