solitas

See also: sólitas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.li.taːs/, [ˈs̠oːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.li.tas/, [ˈsɔːlit̪äs]

Etymology 1

From sōl- (“alone”) +‎ -tās. Ante- and post-classical for sōlitūdō.

Noun

sōlitās f (genitive sōlitātis); third declension

1. loneliness, solitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōlitās	sōlitātēs
Genitive	sōlitātis	sōlitātum
Dative	sōlitātī	sōlitātibus
Accusative	sōlitātem	sōlitātēs
Ablative	sōlitāte	sōlitātibus
Vocative	sōlitās	sōlitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: soledat
• Old Galician-Portuguese: soydade, soedade, soidade, suidade, suydade
  • Galician: soidade, saudade
  • Mirandese: suidade, sauidade
  • Portuguese: saudade, saùdade
    • Kabuverdianu: sodade
    • Kristang: saudadi
    • → Esperanto: saŭdado
    • → Spanish: saudade
    • → English: saudade
• Spanish: soledad

Etymology 2

Participle

solitās

1. accusative feminine plural of solitus

References

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

Portuguese

Adjective

solitas

1. feminine plural of solito

Spanish

Adjective

solitas

1. feminine plural of solito