sobrietas

Latin

Etymology

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From sōbrius +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soːˈbri.e.taːs/, [s̠oːˈbriɛt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈbri.e.tas/, [soˈbriːet̪äs]

Noun

sōbrietās f (genitive sōbrietātis); third declension

1. sobriety
2. temperance, moderation, continence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōbrietās	sōbrietātēs
Genitive	sōbrietātis	sōbrietātum
Dative	sōbrietātī	sōbrietātibus
Accusative	sōbrietātem	sōbrietātēs
Ablative	sōbrietāte	sōbrietātibus
Vocative	sōbrietās	sōbrietātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: sobrietat
• French: sobriété
• Galician: sobriedade
• Italian: sobrietà
• Portuguese: sobriedade
• Spanish: sobriedad

Further reading

• “sobrietas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sobrietas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.