lenitas

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Latin

Etymology

From lēnis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

lēnitās f (genitive lēnitātis); third declension

  1. softness, smoothness
    Antonym: asperitās
  2. gentleness, mildness, tenderness
    Synonyms: indulgentia, beneficium, pietās
    Antonyms: asperitās, ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, sevēritās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lēnitās lēnitātēs
genitive lēnitātis lēnitātum
dative lēnitātī lēnitātibus
accusative lēnitātem lēnitātēs
ablative lēnitāte lēnitātibus
vocative lēnitās lēnitātēs

Descendants

  • English: lenity
  • Spanish: lenidad

References

  • “lenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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