divinitas

Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus (“divine, of a god”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈu̯iː.ni.taːs/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːnɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈvi.ni.tas/, [d̪iˈviːnit̪äs]

Noun

dīvīnitās f (genitive dīvīnitātis); third declension

  1. divinity, Godhead, godhood
  2. (by extension) the power of divination

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīvīnitās dīvīnitātēs
Genitive dīvīnitātis dīvīnitātum
Dative dīvīnitātī dīvīnitātibus
Accusative dīvīnitātem dīvīnitātēs
Ablative dīvīnitāte dīvīnitātibus
Vocative dīvīnitās dīvīnitātēs

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • “divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “divinitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • divinitas 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)
  • divinitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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