pusillitas

Latin

Etymology

From pusillus (“very little; petty, insignificant”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈsil.li.taːs/, [pʊˈs̠ɪlːʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈsil.li.tas/, [puˈs̬ilːit̪äs]

Noun

pusillitās f (genitive pusillitātis); third declension

1. littleness, smallness, tininess

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pusillitās	pusillitātēs
genitive	pusillitātis	pusillitātum
dative	pusillitātī	pusillitātibus
accusative	pusillitātem	pusillitātēs
ablative	pusillitāte	pusillitātibus
vocative	pusillitās	pusillitātēs

Related terms

• pusillulus
• pusillus

References

• “pusillitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pusillitas", 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)
• pusillitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.