aciditas

See also: aciditás

Latin

Etymology

From acidus (“sour, acid, tart”) +‎ -tās (“-ness, -ity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈki.di.taːs/, [äˈkɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.di.tas/, [äˈt͡ʃiːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

aciditās f (genitive aciditātis); third declension

1. sourness, acidity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aciditās	aciditātēs
Genitive	aciditātis	aciditātum
Dative	aciditātī	aciditātibus
Accusative	aciditātem	aciditātēs
Ablative	aciditāte	aciditātibus
Vocative	aciditās	aciditātēs

Descendants

• French: acidité
  • → Romanian: aciditate
  • → Turkish: asidite
• Italian: acidità
• Portuguese: acididade
• → English: acidity
• → Albanian: aciditet

References

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