animositas
Latin
Etymology
From animōsus (“spirited ,courageous/full of courage, bold, undaunted, proud”) + -itās.
Noun
animōsitās f (genitive animōsitātis); third declension
- Derived from animus: courageousness/courage, undauntedness, bravery, boldness
- Derived from animus: wilfulness, tenaciousness/tenacity, stubbornness, vehemence, ardor
- Derived from anima: spiritedness/spirit
- (Medieval Latin) wrath, enmity, animosity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | animōsitās | animōsitātēs |
| Genitive | animōsitātis | animōsitātum |
| Dative | animōsitātī | animōsitātibus |
| Accusative | animōsitātem | animōsitātēs |
| Ablative | animōsitāte | animōsitātibus |
| Vocative | animōsitās | animōsitātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: animositat
- English: animosity
- French: animosité
- Galician: animosidade
- German: Animosität
- Italian: animosità
- Portuguese: animosidade
- Spanish: animosidad
References
- “animositas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- animositas 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)
- animositas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.