sororitas

Latin

Etymology

From soror (“sister”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈroː.ri.taːs/, [s̠ɔˈroːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈro.ri.tas/, [soˈrɔːrit̪äs]

Noun

sorōritās f (genitive sorōritātis); third declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) sisterhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs
Genitive	sorōritātis	sorōritātum
Dative	sorōritātī	sorōritātibus
Accusative	sorōritātem	sorōritātēs
Ablative	sorōritāte	sorōritātibus
Vocative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs

Related terms

• soror
• sorōriō
• sorōrius

Descendants

• → English: sorority
• → French: sororité
• → Galician: sororidade
• → Portuguese: sororidade
• → Romanian: suroritate
• → Spanish: sororidad

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sororitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC