Romanitas

Latin

Etymology

From Rōmānus (“of or belonging to Rome,” “Roman”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”; noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːˈmaː.ni.taːs/, [roːˈmäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈma.ni.tas/, [roˈmäːnit̪äs]

Noun

Rōmānitās f (genitive Rōmānitātis); third declension

1. The culture, civilization, spirit, ideals or customs of ancient Rome; the fact of being Roman; Romanity, Romanness.
   • Tertullian, De Pallio 4.1:

     Quid nunc, si est Romanitas omni salus, nec honestis tamen modis ad Graios estis?

2. (Medieval Latin) Frankish Romance, French

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Rōmānitās	Rōmānitātēs
Genitive	Rōmānitātis	Rōmānitātum
Dative	Rōmānitātī	Rōmānitātibus
Accusative	Rōmānitātem	Rōmānitātēs
Ablative	Rōmānitāte	Rōmānitātibus
Vocative	Rōmānitās	Rōmānitātēs

References

• Romanitas 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)
  Romanus 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)