obscuritas

Latin

Etymology

Derived from obscūrus (“dark”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈskuː.ri.taːs/, [ɔpˈs̠kuːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsku.ri.tas/, [obˈskuːrit̪äs]

Noun

obscūritās f (genitive obscūritātis); third declension

1. darkness
2. obscurity, indistinctness

   Synonym: nūbēs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs
genitive	obscūritātis	obscūritātum
dative	obscūritātī	obscūritātibus
accusative	obscūritātem	obscūritātēs
ablative	obscūritāte	obscūritātibus
vocative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs

Descendants

• English: obscurity
• Asturian: escuridá
• Catalan: obscuritat
• French: obscurité
• Italian: oscurità
• Portuguese: obscuridade
• Romanian: obscuritate
• Spanish: oscuridad

References

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