obliquitas

Latin

Etymology

From oblīqu(us) (“sidelong”, “slanting”, “awry”, “oblique”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈliː.kʷi.taːs/, [ɔbˈlʲiːkʷɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈli.kwi.tas/, [obˈliːkwit̪äs]

Noun

oblīquitās f (genitive oblīquitātis); third declension

1. slant, obliqueness, obliquity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oblīquitās	oblīquitātēs
Genitive	oblīquitātis	oblīquitātum
Dative	oblīquitātī	oblīquitātibus
Accusative	oblīquitātem	oblīquitātēs
Ablative	oblīquitāte	oblīquitātibus
Vocative	oblīquitās	oblīquitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: obliqüitat
• English: obliquity
• French: obliquité
• German: Obliquität
• Italian: obliquità
• Portuguese: obliquidade
• Romanian: oblicitate
• Spanish: oblicuidad

References

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