agilitas

Latin

Etymology

From agilis (“agile, nimble, swift”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡi.li.taːs/, [äˈɡɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒi.li.tas/, [äˈd͡ʒiːlit̪äs]

Noun

agilitās f (genitive agilitātis); third declension

1. agility, mobility, nimbleness, fleetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agilitās	agilitātēs
Genitive	agilitātis	agilitātum
Dative	agilitātī	agilitātibus
Accusative	agilitātem	agilitātēs
Ablative	agilitāte	agilitātibus
Vocative	agilitās	agilitātēs

Related terms

• agilis
• agiliter
• agō

Descendants

• Catalan: agilitat
• English: agility
• French: agilité
• Galician: axilidade
• Italian: agilità
• Portuguese: agilidade
• Romanian: agilitate
• Spanish: agilidad

References

• “agilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.