levitas

See also: levitás and lévitas

Latin

Etymology 1

From levis + -tās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vi.tas/, [ˈlɛːvit̪äs]

Noun

levitās f (genitive levitātis); third declension

  1. levity, lightness
  2. fickleness, inconstancy, disloyalty
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative levitās levitātēs
Genitive levitātis levitātum
Dative levitātī levitātibus
Accusative levitātem levitātēs
Ablative levitāte levitātibus
Vocative levitās levitātēs

Descendants

  • English: levity levitate

Etymology 2

From lēvis + -tās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vi.tas/, [ˈlɛːvit̪äs]

Noun

lēvitās f (genitive lēvitātis); third declension

  1. smoothness
  2. fluency (in a language)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēvitās lēvitātēs
Genitive lēvitātis lēvitātum
Dative lēvitātī lēvitātibus
Accusative lēvitātem lēvitātēs
Ablative lēvitāte lēvitātibus
Vocative lēvitās lēvitātēs

References

  • levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • levitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • inconsistency; changeability: mobilitas et levitas animi

Portuguese

Verb

levitas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar

Spanish

Noun

levitas f pl

  1. plural of levita

Verb

levitas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar
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