generositas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From generōsus (“noble, generous”) + -itās.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.neˈroː.si.taːs/, [ɡɛnɛˈroːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.si.tas/, [d͡ʒeneˈrɔːs̬it̪äs]
Noun edit
generōsitās f (genitive generōsitātis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | generōsitās | generōsitātēs |
| Genitive | generōsitātis | generōsitātum |
| Dative | generōsitātī | generōsitātibus |
| Accusative | generōsitātem | generōsitātēs |
| Ablative | generōsitāte | generōsitātibus |
| Vocative | generōsitās | generōsitātēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: generositat
- Galician: xenerosidade
- Italian: generosità
- Middle French: générosité
- English: generosity
- French: générosité
- Portuguese: generosidade
- Romanian: generozitate
- Spanish: generosidad
- Sicilian: ginirusità
References edit
- “generositas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- generositas 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)
- generositas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.