LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

aciditās

aciditās f (genitive aciditātis)
Classical[aˈkɪ.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[aˈt͡ʃiː.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. sourness, acidity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaciditāsaciditātēs
genitiveaciditātisaciditātum
dativeaciditātīaciditātibus
accusativeaciditātemaciditātēs
ablativeaciditāteaciditātibus
vocativeaciditāsaciditātēs

ăcĭdĭtas, ātis, f. acidus,
I. sourness, acidity: stomachi, Marcell. Emp. 20.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin aciditās From acidus (“sour, acid, tart”) + -tās (“-ness, -ity”).

Descendants
  • Frenchacidité
  • Romanianaciditatefrom French acidité
  • Italianacidità
  • Portugueseacididade
  • Englishacidity
  • Persianاسیدیتهfrom French acidité
  • Turkishasiditefrom French acidité
  • Albanianaciditet

In English words that came into English from aciditās

  • acidityaciditātem

Quick answers

What does aciditās mean in Latin?
aciditās, a noun, means “sourness, acidity”.
What is the genitive of aciditās?
The genitive singular is aciditātis. aciditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce aciditās?
In classical Latin, [aˈkɪ.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈt͡ʃiː.di.tas].