atrocitas

See also: atrocitás

Latin

Etymology

From atrōx (“cruel, fierce”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

atrōcitās f (genitive atrōcitātis); third declension

  1. atrocity
  2. (figuratively) hardship, suffering, tragedy, disaster

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative atrōcitās atrōcitātēs
genitive atrōcitātis atrōcitātum
dative atrōcitātī atrōcitātibus
accusative atrōcitātem atrōcitātēs
ablative atrōcitāte atrōcitātibus
vocative atrōcitās atrōcitātēs

Descendants

  • → Asturian: atrocidá
  • → Catalan: atrocitat
  • → English: atrocity
  • → French: atrocité
  • → Galician: atrocidade
  • → Italian: atrocità
  • → Portuguese: atrocidade
  • → Romanian: atrocitate
  • → Spanish: atrocidad

References

  • “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • atrocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)
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