possibilitas
Latin
Etymology
possibilis + -tās
Noun
possibilitās f (genitive possibilitātis); third declension
- possibility
- power (to do something)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | possibilitās | possibilitātēs |
| Genitive | possibilitātis | possibilitātum |
| Dative | possibilitātī | possibilitātibus |
| Accusative | possibilitātem | possibilitātēs |
| Ablative | possibilitāte | possibilitātibus |
| Vocative | possibilitās | possibilitātēs |
Descendants
- Romansch: pussaivladad
- → Catalan: possibilitat
- → English: possibility
- → French: possibilité
- → Interlingua: possibilitate
- → Italian: possibilità
- → Portuguese: possibilidade
- → Romanian: posibilitate
- → Spanish: posibilidad
References
- “possibilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- possibilitas 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)
- possibilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
possibilitas
- second-person singular present indicative of possibilitar