possibilitas
Latin
Etymology
possibilis + -tās
Noun
possibilitās f (genitive possibilitātis); third declension
- possibility
- power (to do something)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | possibilitās | possibilitātēs |
| genitive | possibilitātis | possibilitātum |
| dative | possibilitātī | possibilitātibus |
| accusative | possibilitātem | possibilitātēs |
| ablative | possibilitāte | possibilitātibus |
| vocative | possibilitās | possibilitātēs |
Descendants
- Romansch: pussaivladad
- → Catalan: possibilitat
- → English: possibility
- → French: possibilité
- → Galician: posibilidade
- → Interlingua: possibilitate
- → Italian: possibilità
- → Portuguese: possibilidade
- → Romanian: posibilitate
- → Spanish: posibilidad
References
- “possibilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "possibilitas", 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)
- possibilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
possibilitas
- second-person singular present indicative of possibilitar