aeternitas
Latin
Etymology
From aeternus (“eternal”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈtɛr.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈt̪ɛr.ni.t̪as]
Noun
aeternitās f (genitive aeternitātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aeternitās | aeternitātēs |
| genitive | aeternitātis | aeternitātum |
| dative | aeternitātī | aeternitātibus |
| accusative | aeternitātem | aeternitātēs |
| ablative | aeternitāte | aeternitātibus |
| vocative | aeternitās | aeternitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: eternitat
- English: eternity
- French: éternité
- Galician: eternidade
- Italian: eternità
- Occitan: eternitat
- Piedmontese: eternità
- Portuguese: eternidade
- Romanian: eternitate
- Spanish: eternidad
References
- “aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aeternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.