puritas
Latin
Etymology 1
From pūrus.
Noun
pūritās f (genitive pūritātis); third declension
- (post-classical) Purity.
- Scopos puritas est cordis. The aim is purity of heart. (Scopos here is in the Greek nominative) John Cassian, Conferences of the Desert Fathers, chapter 4.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūritās | pūritātēs |
| Genitive | pūritātis | pūritātum |
| Dative | pūritātī | pūritātibus |
| Accusative | pūritātem | pūritātēs |
| Ablative | pūritāte | pūritātibus |
| Vocative | pūritās | pūritātēs |
Descendants
Etymology 2
From pūs.
Noun
pūritās f (genitive pūritātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūritās | pūritātēs |
| Genitive | pūritātis | pūritātum |
| Dative | pūritātī | pūritātibus |
| Accusative | pūritātem | pūritātēs |
| Ablative | pūritāte | pūritātibus |
| Vocative | pūritās | pūritātēs |
References
- “puritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puritas 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)
- puritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- purity of style: integritas, sinceritas orationis (not puritas)
- purity of style: integritas, sinceritas orationis (not puritas)