posteritas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
posteritās f (genitive posteritātis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | posteritās | posteritātēs |
| Genitive | posteritātis | posteritātum |
| Dative | posteritātī | posteritātibus |
| Accusative | posteritātem | posteritātēs |
| Ablative | posteritāte | posteritātibus |
| Vocative | posteritās | posteritātēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: posteritat
- French: postérité
- Galician: posteridade
- Italian: posterità
- Portuguese: posteridade
- Romanian: posteritate
- Spanish: posteridad
References[edit]
- “posteritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “posteritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- posteritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
- to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere