hereditas
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈreː.di.taːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈre.di.tas/,
Noun
hērēditās f (genitive hērēditātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hērēditās | hērēditātēs |
| Genitive | hērēditātis | hērēditātum |
| Dative | hērēditātī | hērēditātibus |
| Accusative | hērēditātem | hērēditātēs |
| Ablative | hērēditāte | hērēditātibus |
| Vocative | hērēditās | hērēditātēs |
Descendants
See also
References
- “hereditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hereditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hereditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inherit something: hereditate aliquid accipere
- something has been left as a legacy by some one: hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo
- I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
- to take possession of an inheritance: hereditatem adire, cernere
- to inherit something: hereditate aliquid accipere
- “hereditas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hereditas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin