sobrietas

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Latin

Etymology

From sōbrius +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

sōbrietās f (genitive sōbrietātis); third declension

  1. sobriety
  2. temperance, moderation, continence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sōbrietās sōbrietātēs
genitive sōbrietātis sōbrietātum
dative sōbrietātī sōbrietātibus
accusative sōbrietātem sōbrietātēs
ablative sōbrietāte sōbrietātibus
vocative sōbrietās sōbrietātēs

Descendants

Further reading

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