longinquitas

Latin

Etymology

From longinquus (“long, distant; remote; lasting”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫɔŋˈɡɪŋ.kʷɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lon̠ʲˈd͡ʒiŋ.kʷi.t̪as]

Noun

longinquitās f (genitive longinquitātis); third declension

1. (of space) A length, extent; distance, remoteness.

   Antonyms: propinquitās, contiguitās, adfīnitās, vīcīnitās

2. (of time) A long continuance or duration, length.

   Synonyms: longitia, longitūdō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	longinquitās	longinquitātēs
genitive	longinquitātis	longinquitātum
dative	longinquitātī	longinquitātibus
accusative	longinquitātem	longinquitātēs
ablative	longinquitāte	longinquitātibus
vocative	longinquitās	longinquitātēs

Related terms

• longaevitās
• longaevus
• longanimis
• longanimitās
• longanimiter
• longē
• longiloquium
• longinquē
• longinquō
• longinquus
• longipēs
• longīscō
• longiter
• longitia
• longitūdō
• longiturnitās
• longiturnus
• longiusculē
• longiusculus
• longivīvāx
• longulē
• longulus
• longuriō
• longurius
• longus

Descendants

• → Italian: longinquità
• → Portuguese: longinquidade
• → Spanish: longinquidad

References

• “longinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “longinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• longinquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.