divinitas

Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus (divine, of a god) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

dīvīnitās f (genitive dīvīnitātis); third declension

  1. divinity, Godhead, godhood
  2. (by extension) the power of divination

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dīvīnitās dīvīnitātēs
genitive dīvīnitātis dīvīnitātum
dative dīvīnitātī dīvīnitātibus
accusative dīvīnitātem dīvīnitātēs
ablative dīvīnitāte dīvīnitātibus
vocative dīvīnitās dīvīnitātēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: divinitat
  • English: divinity
  • French: divinité
  • Italian: divinità
  • Piedmontese: divinità
  • Portuguese: divindade
  • Romanian: divinitate
  • Spanish: divinidad

References

  • divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "divinitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • divinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.