virginitas
Latin
Etymology
From virgō (“virgin, maiden”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪrˈɡɪ.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.t̪as]
Noun
virginitās f (genitive virginitātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | virginitās | virginitātēs |
| genitive | virginitātis | virginitātum |
| dative | virginitātī | virginitātibus |
| accusative | virginitātem | virginitātēs |
| ablative | virginitāte | virginitātibus |
| vocative | virginitās | virginitātēs |
Related terms
- virginālis
- virginārius
- virgineus
- virginor
- virgō
Descendants
- Catalan: virginitat
- English: virginity
- French: virginité
- Galician: virxinidade
- Italian: verginità
- Occitan: virginitat
- Portuguese: virgindade
- Romanian: virginitate
- Spanish: virginidad
References
- “virginitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “virginitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- virginitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.