unitas

Latin

Etymology

From ūnus (“one”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ni.taːs/, [ˈuːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ni.tas/, [ˈuːnit̪äs]

Noun

ūnitās f (genitive ūnitātis); third declension

1. oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided
2. sameness, uniformity
3. agreement, concord

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūnitās	ūnitātēs
Genitive	ūnitātis	ūnitātum
Dative	ūnitātī	ūnitātibus
Accusative	ūnitātem	ūnitātēs
Ablative	ūnitāte	ūnitātibus
Vocative	ūnitās	ūnitātēs

Related terms

• ūniō
• ūniter
• ūnus

Descendants

• Catalan: unitat
• Corsican: unità
• English: unity
• French: unité
• Galician: unidade
• Italian: unità
• Portuguese: unidade
• Romanian: unitate
• Spanish: unidad

References

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