nodositas

Latin

Etymology

From nōdōsus (“knotty, full of knots; difficult”) +‎ -tās, from nōdus (“a knot, knob, fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noːˈdoː.si.taːs/, [noːˈd̪oːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈdo.si.tas/, [noˈd̪ɔːs̬it̪äs]

Noun

nōdōsitās f (genitive nōdōsitātis); third declension

1. nodosity, knottiness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nōdōsitās	nōdōsitātēs
Genitive	nōdōsitātis	nōdōsitātum
Dative	nōdōsitātī	nōdōsitātibus
Accusative	nōdōsitātem	nōdōsitātēs
Ablative	nōdōsitāte	nōdōsitātibus
Vocative	nōdōsitās	nōdōsitātēs

Synonyms

• (knottiness): nōdātiō

Related terms

• nōdābilis
• nōdāmen
• nōdātiō
• nōdō
• nōdōsē
• nōdōsus
• Nōdōtus
• nōdulus
• nōdus
• Nōdūtus

References

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