ubertas

Latin

Etymology

From ūber +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːˈber.taːs/, [uːˈbɛrt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈber.tas/, [uˈbɛrt̪äs]

Noun

ūbertās f (genitive ūbertātis); third declension

1. plenty, abundance, copiousness
2. fruitfulness, fertility

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūbertās	ūbertātēs
Genitive	ūbertātis	ūbertātum
Dative	ūbertātī	ūbertātibus
Accusative	ūbertātem	ūbertātēs
Ablative	ūbertāte	ūbertātibus
Vocative	ūbertās	ūbertātēs

Descendants

• → Middle French: uberté
  • → English: uberty

References

• “ubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ubertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
    
  • profusion of words: copia, ubertas verborum