parvitas
Latin
Etymology
From parvus (“small”) + -tās (“-ity, -ness, -ship”, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈpäru̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.vi.tas/, [ˈpärvit̪äs]
Noun
parvitās f (genitive parvitātis); third declension
- smallness, littleness
- unimportance, insignificance
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | parvitās | parvitātēs |
| Genitive | parvitātis | parvitātum |
| Dative | parvitātī | parvitātibus |
| Accusative | parvitātem | parvitātēs |
| Ablative | parvitāte | parvitātibus |
| Vocative | parvitās | parvitātēs |
Related terms
- parvulus
- parvus
References
- “parvitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “parvitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- parvitas 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)
- parvitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette