propinquitas

propinquitas

Latin

Etymology

From propinquus (“near; related”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈpin.kʷi.taːs/, [prɔˈpɪŋkʷɪt̪äːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpin.kwi.tas/, [proˈpiŋkwit̪äs]

Noun

propinquitās f (genitive propinquitātis); third declension

1. (in space or time) nearness, propinquity, proximity

   Synonyms: contiguitās, vīcīnitās, adfīnitās

   Antonym: longinquitās

2. (figuratively, of persons) connection, affinity, kindred, relationship

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	propinquitās	propinquitātēs
Genitive	propinquitātis	propinquitātum
Dative	propinquitātī	propinquitātibus
Accusative	propinquitātem	propinquitātēs
Ablative	propinquitāte	propinquitātibus
Vocative	propinquitās	propinquitātēs

Related terms

• appropinquātiō
• appropinquō
• prope
• propinquē
• propinquus

Descendants

• → Old French: propinquite
  • Middle French: propinquité
    • → Middle English: propinquite, propinquitee, propinquyte, propynqwyte
      • English: propinquity
• → Italian: propinquità
• → Portuguese: propinquidade
• → Spanish: propincuidad

References

• “propinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propinquitas 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)
• propinquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette