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German
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīcitās.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Felicitas
- a female given name
Latin
Etymology
From fēlīcitās (“happiness”, from fēlīx (“happy”) + -itās).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fēlīcitās f sg (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension
- (Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
- a female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Felicitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Felicitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.