divinitas

Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus (“divine, of a god”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.ni.taːs/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.ni.tas/, [d̪iˈviːnit̪äs]

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Noun

dīvīnitās f (genitive dīvīnitātis); third declension

1. divinity, Godhead, godhood
2. (by extension) the power of divination

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīvīnitās	dīvīnitātēs
Genitive	dīvīnitātis	dīvīnitātum
Dative	dīvīnitātī	dīvīnitātibus
Accusative	dīvīnitātem	dīvīnitātēs
Ablative	dīvīnitāte	dīvīnitātibus
Vocative	dīvīnitās	dīvīnitātēs

Synonyms

• (divinity): deitās
• (divinination): dīvīnātiō

Related terms

• deus
• dīvīnātiō
• dīvīnātor
• dīvīnātrīx
• dīvīnē

• dīvīnitus
• dīvīnō
• dīvīnum
• dīvīnus
• dīvus

Descendants

• Catalan: divinitat
• English: divinity
• French: divinité
• Italian: divinità
• Portuguese: divindade
• Romanian: divinitate
• Spanish: divinidad

References

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