crudelitas
Latin
Etymology
crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) + -tās
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kruːˈdeː.lɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kruˈd̪ɛː.li.t̪as]
Noun
crūdēlitās f (genitive crūdēlitātis); third declension
- cruelty, severity
- Synonyms: feritās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās
- Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crūdēlitās | crūdēlitātēs |
| genitive | crūdēlitātis | crūdēlitātum |
| dative | crūdēlitātī | crūdēlitātibus |
| accusative | crūdēlitātem | crūdēlitātēs |
| ablative | crūdēlitāte | crūdēlitātibus |
| vocative | crūdēlitās | crūdēlitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crudelitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
- to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
- to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem exercere in aliquo
- to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem
- to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)