deitas
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Augustine of Hippo from deus (“god”), after dīvīnitās (“divinity”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.i.taːs/, [ˈd̪eɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.i.tas/, [ˈd̪ɛːit̪äs]
Noun
deitās f (genitive deitātis); third declension
- divinity, deity, the nature of a god
- Synonym: dīvīnitās
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | deitās | deitātēs |
| Genitive | deitātis | deitātum |
| Dative | deitātī | deitātibus |
| Accusative | deitātem | deitātēs |
| Ablative | deitāte | deitātibus |
| Vocative | deitās | deitātēs |
Related terms
- deus
Descendants
- Catalan: deïtat
- Danish: deitet
- Italian: deità
- Middle French: deité
- French: déité
- → English: deity
- Old Portuguese: deidade
- Galician: deidade
- Portuguese: deidade
- Romanian: zeitate
- Spanish: deidad
References
- “deitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- deitas 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)
- deitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
deitas
- second-person singular present indicative of deitar