germanitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From germānus (“full brother”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ni.tas/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnɪt̪äs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.tas/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]germānitās f (genitive germānitātis); third declension
- brotherhood, sisterhood, relationship between siblings
- affinity, similarity, resemblance
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | germānitās | germānitātēs |
| genitive | germānitātis | germānitātum |
| dative | germānitātī | germānitātibus |
| accusative | germānitātem | germānitātēs |
| ablative | germānitāte | germānitātibus |
| vocative | germānitās | germānitātēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: hermandá
- Catalan: germandat
- Galician: irmandade
- Portuguese: irmandade
- Spanish: hermandad
- → Portuguese: germanidade (learned)
References
[edit]- “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- germanitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- germanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]germanitas