sonoritas

Latin

Etymology

From sonōrus (“sounding”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈnoː.ri.taːs/, [s̠ɔˈnoːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈno.ri.tas/, [soˈnɔːrit̪äs]

Noun

sonōritās f (genitive sonōritātis); third declension

1. fullness of sound, melodiousness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sonōritās	sonōritātēs
Genitive	sonōritātis	sonōritātum
Dative	sonōritātī	sonōritātibus
Accusative	sonōritātem	sonōritātēs
Ablative	sonōritāte	sonōritātibus
Vocative	sonōritās	sonōritātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: sonoritat
• French: sonorité
• Galician: sonoridade
• Italian: sonorità
• Portuguese: sonoridade
• Romanian: sonoritate
• Spanish: sonoridad

References

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