siccitas
Latin
Etymology
From siccus (“dry”).
Noun
siccitās f (genitive siccitātis); third declension
- dryness
- drought
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | siccitās | siccitātēs |
| Genitive | siccitātis | siccitātum |
| Dative | siccitātī | siccitātibus |
| Accusative | siccitātem | siccitātēs |
| Ablative | siccitāte | siccitātibus |
| Vocative | siccitās | siccitātēs |
Descendants
- Aromanian: seatsitã
- Franco-Provençal: setiá
- Ligurian: sesia
- Lombard: secea (medieval)
- Neapolitan: secceta
- Romanian: secetă
- Romansch: sedschda
- Sicilian: siccità
- → French: siccité
- → Italian: siccità
- → Portuguese: sicidade
See also
- Spanish: sequedad (later formation)
References
- “siccitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “siccitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- siccitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the plain style: siccitas, sanitas orationis
- the plain style: siccitas, sanitas orationis
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “sĭccĭtas”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 594
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sĭccĭtas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 583