inanitas
Latin
Etymology 1
inānis (“empty, worthless”) + -tās
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈnaː.ni.taːs/, [ɪˈnäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈna.ni.tas/, [iˈnäːnit̪äs]
Noun
inānitās f (genitive inānitātis); third declension
- emptiness, empty space
- uselessness, inanity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
Genitive | inānitātis | inānitātum |
Dative | inānitātī | inānitātibus |
Accusative | inānitātem | inānitātēs |
Ablative | inānitāte | inānitātibus |
Vocative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
Descendants
- Italian: inanità
- Spanish: inanidad
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
inānītās
- accusative feminine plural of inānītus
References
- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inanitas 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)