claritas
Latin
Etymology
From clārus + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.ri.taːs/, [ˈkɫ̪äːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkla.ri.tas/, [ˈkläːrit̪äs]
Noun
clāritās f (genitive clāritātis); third declension
- clarity, brightness
- fame
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clāritās | clāritātēs |
| Genitive | clāritātis | clāritātum |
| Dative | clāritātī | clāritātibus |
| Accusative | clāritātem | clāritātēs |
| Ablative | clāritāte | clāritātibus |
| Vocative | clāritās | clāritātēs |
Descendants
- Italian: clarità
- Old French: clarté
- French: clarté
- Middle English: claritee
- → English: clarity
- Old Portuguese: claridade
- Portuguese: claridade
- Romanian: claritate
- Spanish: claridad
References
- “claritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “claritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- claritas 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)
- claritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klaˈɾitas/ [klaˈɾi.t̪as]
- Rhymes: -itas
- Syllabification: cla‧ri‧tas
Noun
claritas
- plural of clarita
Adjective
claritas
- feminine plural of clarito