Christianitas

Latin

Etymology

From Chrīstiānus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰriːs.tiˈaː.ni.taːs/, [kʰriːs̠t̪iˈäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kris.tiˈa.ni.tas/, [krist̪iˈäːnit̪äs]

Proper noun

Chrīstiānitās f (genitive Chrīstiānitātis); third declension

1. Christianity
2. Christendom

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Chrīstiānitās	Chrīstiānitātēs
genitive	Chrīstiānitātis	Chrīstiānitātum
dative	Chrīstiānitātī	Chrīstiānitātibus
accusative	Chrīstiānitātem	Chrīstiānitātēs
ablative	Chrīstiānitāte	Chrīstiānitātibus
vocative	Chrīstiānitās	Chrīstiānitātēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: crishtinãtati, crãshtinãtati
• Catalan: cristiandat
• English: Christianity
• French: chrétienté
• Italian: cristianità
• Friulian: cristianitât
• Galician: cristiandade
• Old French: crestiente
• Portuguese: cristandade
• Romanian: creștinătate
• Spanish: cristiandad

References

• “Christianitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Christianitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.