magnitas

Latin

Etymology

From magnus (“big, large”) +‎ -tās (“-ity, -ness, -ship”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.ni.taːs/, [ˈmäŋnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲi.tas/, [ˈmäɲːit̪äs]

Noun

magnitās f (genitive magnitātis); third declension

1. greatness, magnitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magnitās	magnitātēs
Genitive	magnitātis	magnitātum
Dative	magnitātī	magnitātibus
Accusative	magnitātem	magnitātēs
Ablative	magnitāte	magnitātibus
Vocative	magnitās	magnitātēs

Related terms

• magnitūdō
• magnus

References

• “magnitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• magnitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.