Felicitas

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīcitās.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Felicitas

  1. A female given name.

Latin

Etymology

From fēlīcitās (“happiness”), from fēlīx (“happy”) + -itās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈliː.ki.taːs/, [feːˈliː.kɪ.taːs]

Proper noun

Fēlīcitās f (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
  2. A female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs.

References

  • Felicitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Felicitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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