numerositas

Latin

Etymology

From numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”) +‎ -tās, from numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈroː.si.taːs/, [nʊmɛˈroːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈro.si.tas/, [numeˈrɔːs̬it̪äs]

Noun

numerōsitās f (genitive numerōsitātis); third declension

1. great number, multitude
2. rhythm, harmony

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	numerōsitās	numerōsitātēs
Genitive	numerōsitātis	numerōsitātum
Dative	numerōsitātī	numerōsitātibus
Accusative	numerōsitātem	numerōsitātēs
Ablative	numerōsitāte	numerōsitātibus
Vocative	numerōsitās	numerōsitātēs

Related terms

• numerābilis
• numerālis
• numerārius
• numerātiō
• numerātor
• numerātus
• numerius
• numerō
• numerōsē
• numerōsiter
• numerōsus
• numerus

Descendants

• Italian: numerosità
• Portuguese: numerosidade
• Spanish: numerosidad

References

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