impossibilitas
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From impossibilis (“impossible”) + -tās, from possibilis (“possible”), from possum (“I can”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.pos.siˈbi.li.taːs/, [ɪmpɔs̠ːɪˈbɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.pos.siˈbi.li.tas/, [imposːiˈbiːlit̪äs]
Noun edit
impossibilitās f (genitive impossibilitātis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | impossibilitās | impossibilitātēs |
| Genitive | impossibilitātis | impossibilitātum |
| Dative | impossibilitātī | impossibilitātibus |
| Accusative | impossibilitātem | impossibilitātēs |
| Ablative | impossibilitāte | impossibilitātibus |
| Vocative | impossibilitās | impossibilitātēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: impossibilitat
- French: impossibilité
- Galician: imposibilidade
- Italian: impossibilità
- Portuguese: impossibilidade
- Spanish: imposibilidad
References edit
- “impossibilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impossibilitas 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)
- impossibilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
impossibilitas