nitiditas

Latin

Etymology

From nitidus (“shining”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈti.di.taːs/, [nɪˈt̪ɪd̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈti.di.tas/, [niˈt̪iːd̪it̪äs]

Noun

nitiditās f (genitive nitiditātis); third declension

1. splendor, beauty, elegance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nitiditās	nitiditātēs
Genitive	nitiditātis	nitiditātum
Dative	nitiditātī	nitiditātibus
Accusative	nitiditātem	nitiditātēs
Ablative	nitiditāte	nitiditātibus
Vocative	nitiditās	nitiditātēs

Related terms

• niteō
• nitidus

References

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