urbanitas

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Latin

Etymology

From urbānus (of or pertaining to the city) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

urbānitās f (genitive urbānitātis); third declension

  1. An instance of living in the city; city life.
  2. City fashions or manners; refinement, politeness, courtesy, urbanity, sophistication.
  3. (of speech) Delicacy, elegance or refinement of speech; wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery; trickery, knavery.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative urbānitās urbānitātēs
genitive urbānitātis urbānitātum
dative urbānitātī urbānitātibus
accusative urbānitātem urbānitātēs
ablative urbānitāte urbānitātibus
vocative urbānitās urbānitātēs

Descendants

References

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

Spanish

Adjective

urbanitas m pl or f pl

  1. plural of urbanita

Noun

urbanitas m pl or f pl

  1. plural of urbanita