litteratura
Latin
Etymology
From littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Further etymology uncertain.
Noun
litterātūra f (genitive litterātūrae); first declension
- lettering; alphabet
- grammar, philology
- learning, erudition
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | litterātūra | litterātūrae |
| Genitive | litterātūrae | litterātūrārum |
| Dative | litterātūrae | litterātūrīs |
| Accusative | litterātūram | litterātūrās |
| Ablative | litterātūrā | litterātūrīs |
| Vocative | litterātūra | litterātūrae |
Descendants
- Catalan: literatura
- Corsican: litteratura, littiratura
- English: literature
- French: littérature
- → Romanian: literatură
- → Turkish: literatür
- Friulian: leterature
- Galician: literatura
- → German: Literatur
- Italian: letteratura
- Lombard: leteradura, letteradura
- Norman: littéthatuthe (Jersey)
- Occitan: literatura
- Piedmontese: leteratura, literatura
- Portuguese: literatura
- → Russian: литература (literatura)
- Spanish: literatura
References
- “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- litteratura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- litteratura in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Noun
litteratura f (plural litteraturas)
- Obsolete spelling of literatura