maternitas
Latin
Etymology
From māternus (“of or pertaining to a mother, maternal”) + -tās, from māter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maːˈtɛr.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈt̪ɛr.ni.t̪as]
Noun
māternitās f (genitive māternitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- (Medieval Latin) maternity
- 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199:
- […] quam sola corporalis maternitas
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
| genitive | māternitātis | māternitātum |
| dative | māternitātī | māternitātibus |
| accusative | māternitātem | māternitātēs |
| ablative | māternitāte | māternitātibus |
| vocative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: maternitat
- English: maternity
- French: maternité
- Galician: maternidade
- Italian: maternità
- Portuguese: maternidade
- Romanian: maternitate
- Spanish: maternidad
References
- "maternitas", 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)