maternitas

From māternus (“of or pertaining to a mother, maternal”) +‎ -tās, from māter (“mother”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maːˈter.ni.taːs/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈter.ni.tas/, [mäˈt̪ɛrnit̪äs]

māternitās f (genitive māternitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. (Medieval Latin) maternity
   • 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199

     […] quam sola corporalis maternitas

Third-declension noun.

• Catalan: maternitat
• English: maternity
• French: maternité
• Italian: maternità
• Spanish: maternidad

• maternitas 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)