ubertas
Latin
Etymology
From ūber + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːˈber.taːs/, [uːˈbɛrt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈber.tas/, [uˈbɛrt̪äs]
Noun
ūbertās f (genitive ūbertātis); third declension
- richness, plenty, abundance, copiousness
- Synonyms: abundantia, affluentia, cōpia, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō
- Antonyms: dēficientia, cāritās, inopia
- fruitfulness, fertility
- Synonym: fertilitās
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ūbertās | ūbertātēs |
Genitive | ūbertātis | ūbertātum |
Dative | ūbertātī | ūbertātibus |
Accusative | ūbertātem | ūbertātēs |
Ablative | ūbertāte | ūbertātibus |
Vocative | ūbertās | ūbertātēs |
Descendants
- → Middle French: uberté
- → English: uberty
- → Italian: ubertà
References
- “ubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ubertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ubertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
- profusion of words: copia, ubertas verborum
- a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis