annuitas

Latin

Etymology

From annuus (“yearly”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈnu.i.taːs/, [änˈnuɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈnu.i.tas/, [änˈnuːit̪äs]

Noun

annuitās f (genitive annuitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. annuality, quality of being annual
2. annuity, annual payment or service

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	annuitās	annuitātēs
Genitive	annuitātis	annuitātum
Dative	annuitātī	annuitātibus
Accusative	annuitātem	annuitātēs
Ablative	annuitāte	annuitātibus
Vocative	annuitās	annuitātēs

Descendants

• → English: annuity
• → French: annuité (learned)
• → German: Annuität

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “annuitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• annuitas 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)