crudelitas

Latin

Etymology

crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kruːˈdeː.li.taːs/, [kruːˈd̪eːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kruˈde.li.tas/, [kruˈd̪ɛːlit̪äs]

Noun

crūdēlitās f (genitive crūdēlitātis); third declension

1. cruelty, severity

   Synonyms: feritās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās

   Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crūdēlitās	crūdēlitātēs
Genitive	crūdēlitātis	crūdēlitātum
Dative	crūdēlitātī	crūdēlitātibus
Accusative	crūdēlitātem	crūdēlitātēs
Ablative	crūdēlitāte	crūdēlitātibus
Vocative	crūdēlitās	crūdēlitātēs

Related terms

• crūdēlē
• crūdēlis
• crūdēliter
• crūdescō
• crūditas
• crūditātiō
• crūditō
• crūdus

Descendants

• Asturian: crueldá
• English: cruelty
• Catalan: crueltat
• French: cruauté
• Friulian: crudeltât
• Galician: crueldade
• Italian: crudeltà
• Occitan: crudeltat, cruseltat
• Portuguese: crueldade
• Spanish: crueldad

References

• “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crudelitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
    
  • to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem exercere in aliquo
    
  • to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem