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Latin
Etymology
From gentīlis (“of a people or nation”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
gentīlitās f (genitive gentīlitātis); third declension
- the relationship of those who belong to the same gens
- relatives bearing the same name
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenism, paganism
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the heathens, pagans
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “gentilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gentilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gentilitas 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)
- gentilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gentilitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gentilitas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin