paganitas

Latin

Etymology

From pāgānus (“rural, rustic; unlearned; heathen, pagan”) +‎ -tās, from pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paːˈɡaː.ni.taːs/, [päːˈɡäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa.ni.tas/, [päˈɡäːnit̪äs]

Noun

pāgānitās f (genitive pāgānitātis); third declension

1. heathenism, paganism

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāgānitās	pāgānitātēs
genitive	pāgānitātis	pāgānitātum
dative	pāgānitātī	pāgānitātibus
accusative	pāgānitātem	pāgānitātēs
ablative	pāgānitāte	pāgānitātibus
vocative	pāgānitās	pāgānitātēs

Synonyms

• (paganism): pāgānismus

Related terms

• pāgānicus
• pāgānismus
• pāgānus
• pāgātim
• pāgus

Descendants

• Aromanian: pãngãnãtati, pãngãnãtate
• English: paganity
• Italian: paganità
• Romanian: păgânătate

References

• “paganitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paganitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• paganitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016