maternitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From māternus (“of or pertaining to a mother, maternal”) + -tās, from māter (“mother”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈter.ni.taːs/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrnɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈter.ni.tas/, [mäˈt̪ɛrnit̪äs]
Noun edit
māternitās f (genitive māternitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- (Medieval Latin) maternity
- 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199:
- […] quam sola corporalis maternitas
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
| Genitive | māternitātis | māternitātum |
| Dative | māternitātī | māternitātibus |
| Accusative | māternitātem | māternitātēs |
| Ablative | māternitāte | māternitātibus |
| Vocative | māternitās | māternitātēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: maternitat
- English: maternity
- French: maternité
- Galician: maternidade
- Italian: maternità
- Portuguese: maternidade
- Romanian: maternitate
- Spanish: maternidad
References edit
- maternitas 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)