affabilitas
Latin
Alternative forms
- adfābilitās
Etymology
From affābilis (“affable, courteous”) + -tās, from affor (“speak to, address”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /af.faːˈbi.li.taːs/, [äfːäːˈbɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /af.faˈbi.li.tas/, [äfːäˈbiːlit̪äs]
Noun
affābilitās f (genitive affābilitātis); third declension
- Affability, courtesy, kindness.
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
- Niceros delectatus affabilitate amici: "Omne me, inquit, lucrum transeat, nisi iam dudum gaudimonio dissilio, quod te talem video. Itaque hilaria mera sint, etsi timeo istos scolasticos ne me rideant. Viderint: narrabo tamen, quid enim mihi aufert, qui ridet? Satius est rideri quam derideri."
- Niceros was delighted by his friend's amiability and said, “May I never turn another penny if I am not ready to burst with joy at seeing you in such a good humour. Well, it shall be pure fun then, though I am afraid your clever friends will laugh at me. Still, let them; I will tell my story; what harm does a man's laugh do me? Being laughed at is more satisfactory than being sneered at.”
- Niceros delectatus affabilitate amici: "Omne me, inquit, lucrum transeat, nisi iam dudum gaudimonio dissilio, quod te talem video. Itaque hilaria mera sint, etsi timeo istos scolasticos ne me rideant. Viderint: narrabo tamen, quid enim mihi aufert, qui ridet? Satius est rideri quam derideri."
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | affābilitās | affābilitātēs |
| Genitive | affābilitātis | affābilitātum |
| Dative | affābilitātī | affābilitātibus |
| Accusative | affābilitātem | affābilitātēs |
| Ablative | affābilitāte | affābilitātibus |
| Vocative | affābilitās | affābilitātēs |
Related terms
- affābilis
- affābiliter
- affāmen
- affor
Descendants
- Catalan: afabilitat
- French: affabilité
- Italian: affabilità
- Portuguese: afabilidade
- Romanian: afabilitate
- Spanish: afabilidad
References
- “affabilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affabilitas 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)
- affabilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette