inanitas
Latin
Etymology 1
inānis (“empty, worthless”) + -tās
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈnaː.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈnaː.ni.t̪as]
Noun
inānitās f (genitive inānitātis); third declension
- emptiness, empty space
- uselessness, inanity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
| genitive | inānitātis | inānitātum |
| dative | inānitātī | inānitātibus |
| accusative | inānitātem | inānitātēs |
| ablative | inānitāte | inānitātibus |
| vocative | inānitās | inānitātēs |
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
inānītās
- accusative feminine plural of inānītus
References
- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "inanitas", 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)