saxitas

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Latin

Etymology

From saxum (rock, stone) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

saxitās f (genitive saxitātis); third declension

  1. stony nature, stoniness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative saxitās saxitātēs
genitive saxitātis saxitātum
dative saxitātī saxitātibus
accusative saxitātem saxitātēs
ablative saxitāte saxitātibus
vocative saxitās saxitātēs

Synonyms

References

  • saxitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • saxitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.