sodalitas

Latin

Etymology

From sodālis (“companion, mate, fellow, comrade”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈdaː.li.taːs/, [s̠ɔˈd̪äːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈda.li.tas/, [soˈd̪äːlit̪äs]

Noun

sodālitās f (genitive sodālitātis); third declension

1. close association, fellowship, brotherhood
2. an association, club, society
3. a group
4. a religious fraternity
5. an electioneering gang
6. banquet-club (gathered to eat and dine together)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sodālitās	sodālitātēs
genitive	sodālitātis	sodālitātum
dative	sodālitātī	sodālitātibus
accusative	sodālitātem	sodālitātēs
ablative	sodālitāte	sodālitātibus
vocative	sodālitās	sodālitātēs

Derived terms

• archisodālitās

Descendants

• Dutch: sodaliteit
• English: sodality
• French: sodalité
• Italian: sodalità
• Spanish: sodalidad

References

• “sodalitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sodalitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sodalitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sodalitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sodalitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Noun

sodalitas f pl

1. plural of sodalita