abilitas

Latin

Etymology

From habilitās, through conflation with -abilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbi.li.taːs/, [äˈbɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbi.li.tas/, [äˈbiːlit̪äs]

Noun

abilitās f (genitive abilitātis); third declension

1. ability

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abilitās	abilitātēs
Genitive	abilitātis	abilitātum
Dative	abilitātī	abilitātibus
Accusative	abilitātem	abilitātēs
Ablative	abilitāte	abilitātibus
Vocative	abilitās	abilitātēs

Descendants

• English: ability, able

References

• abilitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)