maternitas
Latin
Etymology
From māternus (“of or pertaining to a mother, maternal”) + -tās, from māter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈter.ni.taːs/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈter.ni.tas/, [mäˈt̪ɛrnit̪äs]
Noun
māternitās f (genitive māternitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- (Medieval Latin) maternity
- 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199
- […] quam sola corporalis maternitas
- 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
Genitive | māternitātis | māternitātum |
Dative | māternitātī | māternitātibus |
Accusative | māternitātem | māternitātēs |
Ablative | māternitāte | māternitātibus |
Vocative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: maternitat
- English: maternity
- French: maternité
- Italian: maternità
- Spanish: maternidad
References
- maternitas 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)