castitas

Latin

Etymology

From castus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.tɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.t̪i.t̪as]

Noun

castitās f (genitive castitātis); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	castitās	castitātēs
genitive	castitātis	castitātum
dative	castitātī	castitātibus
accusative	castitātem	castitātēs
ablative	castitāte	castitātibus
vocative	castitās	castitātēs

Descendants

Descendants

Catalan: castedat
Italian: castità
Old French: chasteté
- English: chastity
- French: chasteté
Old Galician-Portuguese: castidade
- Galician: castidade
- Portuguese: castidade
Spanish: castidad

References

“castitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“castitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
castitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.