unitas

Latin

Etymology

    From ūnus (“one”) +‎ -tās.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ūnitās f (genitive ūnitātis); third declension

    1. oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided
    2. sameness, uniformity
    3. agreement, concord

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ūnitās ūnitātēs
    genitive ūnitātis ūnitātum
    dative ūnitātī ūnitātibus
    accusative ūnitātem ūnitātēs
    ablative ūnitāte ūnitātibus
    vocative ūnitās ūnitātēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: unitat
    • Corsican: unità
    • → English: unity, unit
    • → Old French: unité
    • → German: Einheit (calque)
    • Galician: unidade
    • → Irish: aonad (calque)
    • Italian: unità
    • → Portuguese: unidade
    • → Romanian: unitate
    • → Old Spanish: unidad, undad
    • Sicilian: unità, unitati

    References

    • “unitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • unitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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