superfluitas

Latin

Etymology

superfluus (“overflowing; superfluous”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.perˈflu.i.taːs/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈfɫ̪uɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈflu.i.tas/, [superˈfluːit̪äs]

Noun

superfluitās f (genitive superfluitātis); third declension

1. superfluity, superfluousness
   • 6th century, Gregorius Magnus, “Part 3, Chapter 19”, in Regulae Pastoralis:

     Aliter admonendi sunt gulae dediti, atque aliter abstinentes. Illos enim superfluitas locutionis, levitas operis, atque luxuria; istos vero saepe impatientiae, saepe vero superbiae culpa comitatur.

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   • 9th century, Lupus Ferrariensis, De tribus quaestionibus:

     Deinde quid earumdem clarissimi tractatores et defensores invictissimi super memoratis quaestionibus sensissent anxie diuque scrutatus sum; quorum sole clariora opera divinis irradiata eloquiis si omnes vel intelligerent vel haberent, jure deberem superfluitatis aut arrogantiae argui, qui vel eadem verbis aliis ingessissem, vel quod ipsi non valuissent me implere posse confiderem.

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Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	superfluitas	superfluitatēs
genitive	superfluitatis	superfluitatum
dative	superfluitatī	superfluitatibus
accusative	superfluitatem	superfluitatēs
ablative	superfluitate	superfluitatibus
vocative	superfluitas	superfluitatēs

Descendants

• Catalan: superfluïtat
• English: superfluity
• Italian: superfluità
• Old French: superfluite
  • French: superfluité
• Portuguese: superfluidade
• Romanian: superfluitate
• Spanish: superfluidad