atrocitas
See also: atrocitás
Latin
Etymology
From atrōx (“cruel, fierce”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈtroː.ki.taːs/, [äˈt̪roːkɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈtro.t͡ʃi.tas/, [äˈt̪rɔːt͡ʃit̪äs]
Noun
atrōcitās f (genitive atrōcitātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | atrōcitās | atrōcitātēs |
| Genitive | atrōcitātis | atrōcitātum |
| Dative | atrōcitātī | atrōcitātibus |
| Accusative | atrōcitātem | atrōcitātēs |
| Ablative | atrōcitāte | atrōcitātibus |
| Vocative | atrōcitās | atrōcitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: atrocidá
- Catalan: atrocitat
- English: atrocity
- French: atrocité
- Galician: atrocidade
- Italian: atrocità
- Portuguese: atrocidade
- Romanian: atrocitate
- Spanish: atrocidad
References
- “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)
- the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)