serenitas
Latin
Etymology
From serēnus (“serene”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈreː.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈrɛː.ni.t̪as]
Noun
serēnitās f (genitive serēnitātis); third declension
- serenity, peacefulness
- fine weather
- (figuratively) favourable conditions
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | serēnitās | serēnitātēs |
| genitive | serēnitātis | serēnitātum |
| dative | serēnitātī | serēnitātibus |
| accusative | serēnitātem | serēnitātēs |
| ablative | serēnitāte | serēnitātibus |
| vocative | serēnitās | serēnitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: sirinãtati
- Catalan: serenitat
- English: serenity
- French: sérénité
- Galician: serenidade
- Italian: serenità
- Occitan: serenitat
- Portuguese: serenidade
- Romanian: seninătate
- Spanish: serenidad
References
- “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "serenitas", 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)
- serenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.