longinquitas
Latin
Etymology
From longinquus (“long, distant; remote; lasting”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɔŋˈɡɪŋ.kʷɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lon̠ʲˈd͡ʒiŋ.kʷi.t̪as]
Noun
longinquitās f (genitive longinquitātis); third declension
- (of space) A length, extent; distance, remoteness.
- Antonyms: propinquitās, contiguitās, adfīnitās, vīcīnitās
- (of time) A long continuance or duration, length.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | longinquitās | longinquitātēs |
| genitive | longinquitātis | longinquitātum |
| dative | longinquitātī | longinquitātibus |
| accusative | longinquitātem | longinquitātēs |
| ablative | longinquitāte | longinquitātibus |
| vocative | longinquitās | longinquitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: longinquità
- → Portuguese: longinquidade
- → Spanish: longinquidad
References
- “longinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “longinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- longinquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.