gracilitas

Latin

Etymology

From gracilis (“slender, thin”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈki.li.taːs/, [ɡräˈkɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈt͡ʃi.li.tas/, [ɡräˈt͡ʃiːlit̪äs]

Noun

gracilitās f (genitive gracilitātis); third declension

1. slenderness, thinness, meagerness
2. plainness, simplicity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gracilitās	gracilitātēs
Genitive	gracilitātis	gracilitātum
Dative	gracilitātī	gracilitātibus
Accusative	gracilitātem	gracilitātēs
Ablative	gracilitāte	gracilitātibus
Vocative	gracilitās	gracilitātēs

Synonyms

• (slenderness): gracilitūdō

Related terms

• gracilēns
• gracilentus
• gracilescō
• gracilis
• graciliter
• gracilitūdō

References

• “gracilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gracilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gracilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.