concinnitas

Latin

Etymology

From concinnus (“skilfully put together or joined”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkin.ni.taːs/, [kɔŋˈkɪnːɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃin.ni.tas/, [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃinːit̪äs]

Noun

concinnitās f (genitive concinnitātis); third declension

1. An elegant or skillful joining of several things; beauty of style.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	concinnitās	concinnitātēs
genitive	concinnitātis	concinnitātum
dative	concinnitātī	concinnitātibus
accusative	concinnitātem	concinnitātēs
ablative	concinnitāte	concinnitātibus
vocative	concinnitās	concinnitātēs

Synonyms

• (beauty of style): concinnitūdō

Related terms

• concinnitous
• concinnāticius
• concinnātiō
• concinnātor
• concinnē
• concinniter
• concinnitūdō
• concinnō
• concinnus

Descendants

• Catalan: concinnitat
• English: concinnity
• Italian: concinnità
• Spanish: concinidad

References

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