obscuritas

Latin

Etymology

Derived from obscūrus (“dark”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /opˈskuː.ri.taːs/, [ɔpˈskuː.rɪ.taːs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /opˈsku.ri.tas/, [opˈskuː.ri.tas]

Noun

obscūritās f (genitive obscūritātis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs
genitive	obscūritātis	obscūritātum
dative	obscūritātī	obscūritātibus
accusative	obscūritātem	obscūritātēs
ablative	obscūritāte	obscūritātibus
vocative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs

Descendants

English: obscurity
Asturian: escuridá
French: obscurité
Italian: oscurità
Portuguese: obscuridade
Spanish: oscuridad

References

obscuritas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
obscuritas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
obscuritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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