pietas

See also: pietàs

Latin

Etymology

Derived from pius (“pious, devout”) +‎ -tās (“-ty, -dom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.e.taːs/, [ˈpiɛt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.e.tas/, [ˈpiːet̪äs]

Noun

pietās f (genitive pietātis); third declension

1. Dutiful conduct, sense of duty.
2. (to the gods) Piety, conscientiousness, scrupulousness,
3. (to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc.) Duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude.
4. Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pietās	pietātēs
Genitive	pietātis	pietātum
Dative	pietātī	pietātibus
Accusative	pietātem	pietātēs
Ablative	pietāte	pietātibus
Vocative	pietās	pietātēs

Derived terms

• pietāticultrīx

Related terms

• piē
• piō
• pium
• pius

Descendants

• Catalan: pietat
• English: piety, pity
• French: piété, pitié
• Friulian: pietât
• Galician: piedade
• Italian: pietà
• Occitan: pietat

• Old Catalan: piadat
• Old French: pité, pitet
• Old Galician-Portuguese: piedade
• Old Spanish: piadad, piedad
• Portuguese: piedade
• Romanian: pietate
• Spanish: piedad

References

• “pietas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pietas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pietas 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)
• pietas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pietas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pietas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray