Latinitas
See also: latinitas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latīnus (“of or belonging to Latium”, “Latin”) + -tās (“-ity”: suffix forming nouns)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laˈtiː.ni.taːs/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈti.ni.tas/, [läˈt̪iːnit̪äs]
Noun
Latīnitās f (genitive Latīnitātis); third declension
- pure Latin style, Latinity
- the Latin law
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Latīnitās | Latīnitātēs |
| Genitive | Latīnitātis | Latīnitātum |
| Dative | Latīnitātī | Latīnitātibus |
| Accusative | Latīnitātem | Latīnitātēs |
| Ablative | Latīnitāte | Latīnitātibus |
| Vocative | Latīnitās | Latīnitātēs |
Synonyms
- (the Latin law): iūs Latiī
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: llatinitat
- English: Latinity
- French: latinité
- Galician: latinidade
- Italian: latinità
- Portuguese: latinidade
- Spanish: latinidad
References
- “lătīnĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Latinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers