pusillitas
Latin
Etymology
From pusillus (“very little; petty, insignificant”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈsil.li.taːs/, [pʊˈs̠ɪlːʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈsil.li.tas/, [puˈs̬ilːit̪äs]
Noun
pusillitās f (genitive pusillitātis); third declension
- littleness, smallness, tininess
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pusillitās | pusillitātēs |
| Genitive | pusillitātis | pusillitātum |
| Dative | pusillitātī | pusillitātibus |
| Accusative | pusillitātem | pusillitātēs |
| Ablative | pusillitāte | pusillitātibus |
| Vocative | pusillitās | pusillitātēs |
Related terms
- pusillulus
- pusillus
References
- “pusillitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pusillitas 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)
- pusillitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette