Latinitas
See also: latinitas
Latin
Alternative forms
- latīnitās (letter case)
Etymology
Latīnus (“of or belonging to Latium”) + -tās (“-ity”). The linguistic sense most likely a calque of Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈtiː.ni.taːs/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈti.ni.tas/, [läˈt̪iːnit̪äs]
Noun
Latīnitās f (genitive Latīnitātis); third declension
- (speech and literature) correct Latin style or usage, Latinity; the Latin language
- (with modifiers) the Latin usage of a particular epoch
- (law) Latin civil rights, Latin citizenship
- (Medieval Latin) Latin Christendom
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Latīnitās | Latīnitātēs |
| Genitive | Latīnitātis | Latīnitātum |
| Dative | Latīnitātī | Latīnitātibus |
| Accusative | Latīnitātem | Latīnitātēs |
| Ablative | Latīnitāte | Latīnitātibus |
| Vocative | Latīnitās | Latīnitātēs |
Synonyms
- (Latin rights): iūs Latiī
Derived terms
- prīsca Latīnitās
- īnfima Latīnitās
- sēra Latīnitās
- media Latīnitās
- Mediolatīnitās (contemporary, very rare)
- Latīnitās nova
- Neolatīnitās
- Latīnitās recēns
- Latīnitās moderna
Descendants
- → Catalan: llatinitat
- → English: Latinity
- → French: latinité
- → Galician: latinidade
- → Italian: latinità
- → Portuguese: latinidade
- → Romanian: latinitate
- → Spanish: latinidad
Further reading
- “lătīnĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Latinitas 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)
- Latinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Latinitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Latinitas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin