levitas

See also: levitás and lévitas

Latin

Etymology 1

From levis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vi.tas/, [ˈlɛːvit̪äs]

Noun

levitās f (genitive levitātis); third declension

1. levity, lightness
2. fickleness, inconstancy, disloyalty

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	levitās	levitātēs
Genitive	levitātis	levitātum
Dative	levitātī	levitātibus
Accusative	levitātem	levitātēs
Ablative	levitāte	levitātibus
Vocative	levitās	levitātēs

Descendants

• → English: levity ⇒ levitate
  • → French: léviter
  • → Italian: levitare
  • → Portuguese: levitar
  • → Spanish: levitar

Etymology 2

From lēvis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vi.tas/, [ˈlɛːvit̪äs]

Noun

lēvitās f (genitive lēvitātis); third declension

1. smoothness
2. fluency (in a language)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēvitās	lēvitātēs
Genitive	lēvitātis	lēvitātum
Dative	lēvitātī	lēvitātibus
Accusative	lēvitātem	lēvitātēs
Ablative	lēvitāte	lēvitātibus
Vocative	lēvitās	lēvitātēs

References

• “levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• levitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • inconsistency; changeability: mobilitas et levitas animi
    

Portuguese

Verb

levitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar

Spanish

Noun

levitas f pl

1. plural of levita

Verb

levitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar