Latin edit

Etymology edit

alicubi (somewhere) +‎ -tās

Pronunciation edit

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.liˈku.bi.tas/, [äliˈkuːbit̪äs]

Noun edit

alicubitās f sg (genitive alicubitātis); third declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, metaphysics) The quality of being somewhere, that is, limited to a particular place, and not omnipresent.
    Antonyms: omnipraesentia, ubīquitās
    • 1665, Christoph Scheibler, Metaphysica Duobus Libris [] , page 212:
      Quod autem formalis effectus ipsius alicubitatis consistat in hac praesentia, apparet 1. Ex rejectione aliarum opinionum.
      But that the formal effect of this very being-somewhere should consist in this presence is evident 1. From the rejection of the other opinions.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative alicubitās
Genitive alicubitātis
Dative alicubitātī
Accusative alicubitātem
Ablative alicubitāte
Vocative alicubitās