saxitas

Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“rock, stone”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.si.taːs/, [ˈs̠äks̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.si.tas/, [ˈsäksit̪äs]

Noun

saxitās f (genitive saxitātis); third declension

1. stony nature, stoniness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saxitās	saxitātēs
genitive	saxitātis	saxitātum
dative	saxitātī	saxitātibus
accusative	saxitātem	saxitātēs
ablative	saxitāte	saxitātibus
vocative	saxitās	saxitātēs

Synonyms

• saxōsitās

References

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