quantitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From quantus (“how much”) + -tās. Coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ποσότης (posótēs); compare quālitās.
Noun edit
quantitās f (genitive quantitātis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quantitās | quantitātēs |
Genitive | quantitātis | quantitātum |
Dative | quantitātī | quantitātibus |
Accusative | quantitātem | quantitātēs |
Ablative | quantitāte | quantitātibus |
Vocative | quantitās | quantitātēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “quantitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quantitas 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)
- quantitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.