vastitas
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aːs.ti.taːs/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvas.ti.tas/, [ˈväst̪it̪äs]
Noun
[edit]vāstitās f (genitive vāstitātis); third declension
- waste (empty place), desert
- desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction
- immensity, vastness
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vāstitās | vāstitātēs |
| genitive | vāstitātis | vāstitātum |
| dative | vāstitātī | vāstitātibus |
| accusative | vāstitātem | vāstitātēs |
| ablative | vāstitāte | vāstitātibus |
| vocative | vāstitās | vāstitātēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → Middle English: wastite (calque)
- → Middle French: vastité
- →? English: vastity (or directly from Latin)
References
[edit]- “vastitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vastitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vastitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.