vicissitas

Latin

Etymology

From vicis +‎ -tās. Compare vicissitudo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈkis.si.taːs/, [u̯ɪˈkɪs̠ːɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈt͡ʃis.si.tas/, [viˈt͡ʃisːit̪äs]

Noun

vicissitās f (genitive vicissitātis); third declension

1. change, alternation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vicissitās	vicissitātēs
Genitive	vicissitātis	vicissitātum
Dative	vicissitātī	vicissitātibus
Accusative	vicissitātem	vicissitātēs
Ablative	vicissitāte	vicissitātibus
Vocative	vicissitās	vicissitātēs

Descendants

• English: vicissity

References

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