complexitas

Latin

Etymology

complexus (“embraced, involved”) +‎ -tās

Noun

complexitās f (genitive complexitātis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) complexity
   • c. 1219, Gerald of Wales, Speculum ecclesiae 20:

     tumultuosas complexitates curarum pati

     to suffer the tumultuous complexities of one’s cares

   • 1769, Michael Ignaz Schmidt, Methodus tradendi prima elementa religionis, sive catechizandi […] , page 148:

     Solet autem plerumque obstare, quominus ideæ morales bene capiantur 1.) earum complexitas, cùm plerumque compositæ sint.

     But moral ideas are often prevented from being well understood by 1) their complexity when they are commonly articulated.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	complexitās	complexitātēs
genitive	complexitātis	complexitātum
dative	complexitātī	complexitātibus
accusative	complexitātem	complexitātēs
ablative	complexitāte	complexitātibus
vocative	complexitās	complexitātēs

Related terms

• complexiō

Descendants

• → Hungarian: komplexitás