-ities

Latin

Etymology

Blend of -itia +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.ti.eːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [it̪.t̪͡s̪i.es]

Suffix

-itiēs f (genitive -itiēī); fifth declension

alternative form of -iēs

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-itiēs	-itiēs
genitive	-itiēī	-itiērum
dative	-itiēī	-itiēbus
accusative	-itiem	-itiēs
ablative	-itiē	-itiēbus
vocative	-itiēs	-itiēs

Note: plural forms are mostly unattested in Classical Latin for words formed with this suffix.

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ities

Descendants

Inherited:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: -ece, -ice
  - Portuguese: -ice
- Romanian: -ețe
- Sicilian: -izzi
- Spanish: -ez
  - → Portuguese: -ez
Borrowed:
- → Portuguese: -icie
- → Romanian: -iție
- → Spanish: -icie

References

Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.