virginitas

Latin

Etymology

From virgō (“virgin, maiden”) +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wirˈɡi.ni.taːs/, [wɪrˈɡɪ.n̪ɪ.t̪aːs]

Noun

virginitās f (genitive virginitātis); third declension

1. virginity, maidenhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virginitās	virginitātēs
Genitive	virginitātis	virginitātum
Dative	virginitātī	virginitātibus
Accusative	virginitātem	virginitātēs
Ablative	virginitāte	virginitātibus
Vocative	virginitās	virginitātēs

Related terms

• virginālis
• virginārius
• virgineus

• virginor
• virgō

Descendants

• English: virginity
• French: virginité
• Galician: virxinidade

• Italian: verginità
• Spanish: virginidad

References

• virginitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virginitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virginitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette