Latinitas

See also: latinitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• latīnitās (letter case)

Etymology

Latīnus (“of or belonging to Latium”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”). The linguistic sense most likely a calque of Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈtiː.ni.taːs/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈti.ni.tas/, [läˈt̪iːnit̪äs]

Noun

Latīnitās f (genitive Latīnitātis); third declension

1. (speech and literature) correct Latin style or usage, Latinity; the Latin language
   1. (with modifiers) the Latin usage of a particular epoch
2. (law) Latin civil rights, Latin citizenship
3. (Medieval Latin) Latin Christendom

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Latīnitās	Latīnitātēs
Genitive	Latīnitātis	Latīnitātum
Dative	Latīnitātī	Latīnitātibus
Accusative	Latīnitātem	Latīnitātēs
Ablative	Latīnitāte	Latīnitātibus
Vocative	Latīnitās	Latīnitātēs

Synonyms

• (Latin rights): iūs Latiī

Derived terms

• prīsca Latīnitās
• īnfima Latīnitās
• sēra Latīnitās
• media Latīnitās
• Mediolatīnitās (contemporary, very rare)
• Latīnitās nova
• Neolatīnitās
• Latīnitās recēns
• Latīnitās moderna

Descendants

• → Catalan: llatinitat
• → English: Latinity
• → French: latinité
• → Galician: latinidade
• → Italian: latinità
• → Portuguese: latinidade
• → Romanian: latinitate, latinătate
• → Spanish: latinidad

Further reading

• “lătīnĭtas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Latinitas 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)
• Latinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Latinitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Latinitas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin