divinitas
Latin
Etymology
From dīvīnus (“divine, of a god”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈu̯iː.ni.taːs/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈvi.ni.tas/, [d̪iˈviːnit̪äs]
Noun
dīvīnitās f (genitive dīvīnitātis); third declension
- divinity, Godhead, godhood
- (by extension) the power of divination
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dīvīnitās | dīvīnitātēs |
Genitive | dīvīnitātis | dīvīnitātum |
Dative | dīvīnitātī | dīvīnitātibus |
Accusative | dīvīnitātem | dīvīnitātēs |
Ablative | dīvīnitāte | dīvīnitātibus |
Vocative | dīvīnitās | dīvīnitātēs |
Synonyms
- (divinity): deitās
- (divinination): dīvīnātiō
Related terms
- deus
- dīvīnātiō
- dīvīnātor
- dīvīnātrīx
- dīvīnē
- dīvīnitus
- dīvīnō
- dīvīnum
- dīvīnus
- dīvus
Descendants
- Catalan: divinitat
- English: divinity
- French: divinité
- Italian: divinità
- Piedmontese: divinità
- Portuguese: divindade
- Romanian: divinitate
- Spanish: divinidad
References
- “divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- divinitas 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)
- divinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette