trinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Trīnitās, Trinitas

Etymology

From trīni (“three each”) +‎ -tās, from trēs (“three”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.ni.taːs/, [ˈt̪riːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ni.tas/, [ˈt̪riːnit̪äs]

Noun

trīnitās f (genitive trīnitātis); third declension

1. the number three
2. (post-Classical) a triad
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Trinity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trīnitās	trīnitātēs
Genitive	trīnitātis	trīnitātum
Dative	trīnitātī	trīnitātibus
Accusative	trīnitātem	trīnitātēs
Ablative	trīnitāte	trīnitātibus
Vocative	trīnitās	trīnitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: trinitat, Trinitat
• English: trinity, Trinity
• French: trinité, Trinité
• German: Trinität
• Galician: trindade, Trindade

• Italian: trinità, Trinità
• Interlingua: trinitate, Trinitate
• Luxembourgish: Trinitéit
• Portuguese: trindade, Trindade
• Romanian: trinitate, Trinitate
• Spanish: trinidad, Trinidad

References

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