temeritas

Latin

Etymology

From temere (“by chance, at random; rashly”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛˈmɛ.rɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪eˈmɛː.ri.t̪as]

Noun

temeritās f (genitive temeritātis); third declension

hap, chance, accident
rashness, thoughtlessness, temerity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	temeritās	temeritātēs
genitive	temeritātis	temeritātum
dative	temeritātī	temeritātibus
accusative	temeritātem	temeritātēs
ablative	temeritāte	temeritātibus
vocative	temeritās	temeritātēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: temeritat
→ English: temerity
→ French: témérité
→ Italian: temerità
→ Portuguese: temeridade
→ Romanian: temeritate
→ Spanish: temeridad

References

“temeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“temeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
temeritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.