atrocitas

See also: atrocitás

Latin

Etymology

From atrōx (“cruel, fierce”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈtroː.ki.taːs/, [äˈt̪roːkɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈtro.t͡ʃi.tas/, [äˈt̪rɔːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

atrōcitās f (genitive atrōcitātis); third declension

1. atrocity
2. (figuratively) hardship, suffering, tragedy, disaster

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	atrōcitās	atrōcitātēs
Genitive	atrōcitātis	atrōcitātum
Dative	atrōcitātī	atrōcitātibus
Accusative	atrōcitātem	atrōcitātēs
Ablative	atrōcitāte	atrōcitātibus
Vocative	atrōcitās	atrōcitātēs

Related terms

• āter
• atrōciter
• atrōx

Descendants

• Asturian: atrocidá
• Catalan: atrocitat
• English: atrocity
• French: atrocité
• Galician: atrocidade
• Italian: atrocità
• Portuguese: atrocidade
• Romanian: atrocitate
• Spanish: atrocidad

References

• “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• atrocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)