levitas

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See also: levitás and lévitas

Latin

Etymology 1

From levis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

levitās f (genitive levitātis); third declension

  1. levity, lightness
  2. fickleness, inconstancy, disloyalty
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative levitās levitātēs
genitive levitātis levitātum
dative levitātī levitātibus
accusative levitātem levitātēs
ablative levitāte levitātibus
vocative levitās levitātēs
Descendants
  • → English: levity ⇒ levitate

Etymology 2

From lēvis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

lēvitās f (genitive lēvitātis); third declension

  1. smoothness
  2. fluency (in a language)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lēvitās lēvitātēs
genitive lēvitātis lēvitātum
dative lēvitātī lēvitātibus
accusative lēvitātem lēvitātēs
ablative lēvitāte lēvitātibus
vocative lēvitās lēvitātēs

References

  • “levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “levitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • levitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • inconsistency; changeability: mobilitas et levitas animi

Portuguese

Verb

levitas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar

Spanish

Noun

levitas f pl

  1. plural of levita

Verb

levitas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of levitar
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