germanitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From germānus (“full brother”) + -tās.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ni.tas/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnɪt̪äs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.tas/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnit̪äs]
Noun edit
germānitās f (genitive germānitātis); third declension
- brotherhood, sisterhood, relationship between siblings
- affinity, similarity, resemblance
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | germānitās | germānitātēs |
| Genitive | germānitātis | germānitātum |
| Dative | germānitātī | germānitātibus |
| Accusative | germānitātem | germānitātēs |
| Ablative | germānitāte | germānitātibus |
| Vocative | germānitās | germānitātēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Asturian: hermandá
- Catalan: germandat
- Galician: irmandade
- Portuguese: irmandade
- Spanish: hermandad
- → Portuguese: germanidade (learned)
References edit
- “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- germanitas 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)
- germanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
germanitas