temeritas

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From temere (by chance, at random; rashly) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

temeritās f (genitive temeritātis); third declension

  1. hap, chance, accident
  2. rashness, thoughtlessness, temerity

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative temeritās temeritātēs
Genitive temeritātis temeritātum
Dative temeritātī temeritātibus
Accusative temeritātem temeritātēs
Ablative temeritāte temeritātibus
Vocative temeritās temeritātēs

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References[edit]

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