Felicitas

See also: felicitas, felicitás, and félicitas

German

Alternative forms

• Felizitas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīcitās.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Felicitas

1. a female given name

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Latin

Etymology

From fēlīcitās (“happiness”), from fēlīx (“happy”) + -itās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feːˈliː.ki.taːs/, [feːˈlʲiːkɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃi.tas/, [feˈliːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Proper noun

Fēlīcitās f sg (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
2. a female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fēlīcitās
Genitive	Fēlīcitātis
Dative	Fēlīcitātī
Accusative	Fēlīcitātem
Ablative	Fēlīcitāte
Vocative	Fēlīcitās

References

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