inanitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]inānis (“empty, worthless”) + -tās
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈnaː.ni.taːs/, [ɪˈnäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈna.ni.tas/, [iˈnäːnit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]inānitās f (genitive inānitātis); third declension
- emptiness, empty space
- uselessness, inanity
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
| genitive | inānitātis | inānitātum |
| dative | inānitātī | inānitātibus |
| accusative | inānitātem | inānitātēs |
| ablative | inānitāte | inānitātibus |
| vocative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit]inānītās
References
[edit]- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inanitas 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)