universitas

Latin

Etymology

From noun universus ‎(“all turned into one”), from uni- ‎(“one”), + versus ‎(“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō, vertere ‎(“turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uː.nɪˈwɛr.sɪ.tɑːs/

Noun

ūniversitās f ‎(genitive ūniversitātis); third declension

1. university

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ūniversitās	ūniversitātēs
genitive	ūniversitātis	ūniversitātum
dative	ūniversitātī	ūniversitātibus
accusative	ūniversitātem	ūniversitātēs
ablative	ūniversitāte	ūniversitātibus
vocative	ūniversitās	ūniversitātēs

Related terms

• ūniversē
• ūniversus
• ūniversālis
• universalitas

Descendants

• Asturian: universidá
• Catalan: universitat
• English: university
• Faroese: universitet
• Old French: universitei
  • Middle French: université
    • French: université
  • Norman: unnivèrsité
  • Norman: euniversitaé

• German: Universität
• Italian: università
• Maltese: università
• Norwegian Bokmål: universitet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: universitet
• Portuguese: universidade
• Russian: университет ‎(universitet)
• Spanish: universidad
• Swedish: universitet
• Turkish: üniversite

References

• universitas in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• universitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• universitas in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the universe: rerum or mundi universitas
    
• universitas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin