LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix · femininethird declension

-tās

-tās f (genitive -tātis)
Classical[ˈtaːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtas]

Meaning

  1. morpheme-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, whence also Attic Greek -της (-tēs), Doric Greek -τᾱς (-tās), and Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti). See also -tūs.

Descendants
  • Catalan-tat
  • French-téfrom Old French -té
  • English-tyfrom Old French -té
  • German-tät
  • Italian-ità
  • Occitan-tat
  • Occitan-ta
  • Portuguese-dade
  • Portuguese-tade
  • Romanian-tate

Quick answers

What does -tās mean in Latin?
-tās, a suffix, means “-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being.”.
How do you pronounce -tās?
In classical Latin, [ˈtaːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtas].