LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

absurditās

absurditās f (genitive absurditātis)
Classical[apˈsʊr.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[abˈsur.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. dissonance, incongruity, absurdity

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabsurditāsabsurditātēs
genitiveabsurditātisabsurditātum
dativeabsurditātīabsurditātibus
accusativeabsurditātemabsurditātēs
ablativeabsurditāteabsurditātibus
vocativeabsurditāsabsurditātēs

absurdĭtas, ātis, f. absurdus,
I. dissonance, incongruity, absurdity, (late Lat.), Claud. Mam. 3, 11; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 102 Lindemann.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabsurditās

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -sonus Latin absonus Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Latin surdus blend Latin absurdus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin absurditās From absurdus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanabsurditat
  • Englishabsurdity
  • Frenchabsurdité
  • GermanAbsurdität
  • Italianassurdità
  • Portugueseabsurdidade
  • Romanianabsurditate
  • Spanishabsurdidad
  • Albanianabsurditet
  • Czechabsurdita

In English words that came into English from absurditās

  • absurdityabsurditās

Quick answers

What does absurditās mean in Latin?
absurditās, a noun, means “dissonance, incongruity, absurdity”.
What is the genitive of absurditās?
The genitive singular is absurditātis. absurditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce absurditās?
In classical Latin, [apˈsʊr.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈsur.di.tas].
Where does absurditās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin absurditās.