LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

aeternitās

aeternitās f (genitive aeternitātis)
Classical[ae̯ˈtɛr.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[eˈtɛr.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. uncountableeternity (only in an abstract, non-countable sense)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaeternitāsaeternitātēs
genitiveaeternitātisaeternitātum
dativeaeternitātīaeternitātibus
accusativeaeternitātemaeternitātēs
ablativeaeternitāteaeternitātibus
vocativeaeternitāsaeternitātēs

aeternĭtas, ātis, f. id.,
I. eternity.
I. Lit.
A. Of the past and future: fuit quaedam ab infinito tempore aeternitas, quam nulla temporum circumscriptio metiebatur, Cic. N. D. 1, 9: Tempus generale, quia nec initium nec finem habet, aeternitas est, quam Graeci αἰῶνα appellant, Victorin. in Lib. 1, 26: Tempus est pars quaedam aeternitatis, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: immutabilis aeternitas, id. Tim. 5: deum nihil aliud in omni aeternitate cogitantem, id. Div. 1, 41: haec dicit excelsus et sublimis (Deus) habitans aeternitatem, Vulg. Isa. 57, 15 al. —
B. Of the past: ex or ab aeternitate, from eternity: hoc est verum ex aeternitate, Cic. Fat. 14: quod semper ex omni aeternitate rerum fuerit, id esse fatum (dicitis), id. N. D. 3, 6: si negas esse fortunam et omnia, quae fiunt quaeque futura sunt, ex omni aeternitate definita dicis esse fataliter, id. Div. 2, 7: ex omni aeternitate fluens veritas, id. ib. 1, 55: si nihil fieri potest, nisi quod ab omni aeternitate certum fuerit, quae potest esse fortuna, id. ib. 2, 7: egressus ejus ab initio, a diebus aeternitatis (fuerunt), Vulg. Mich. 5, 2.—
C. Of the future: aeternitas animorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39 (cf.: immortalitas animorum, id. ib. 50): de aeternitate (animorum) dicere, id. ib. 33, 81: quorum (sc. Herculis, etc.) cum remanerent animi atque aeternitate fruerentur, rite di habiti sunt, id. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Sen. 21: Confer nostram longissimam aetatem cum aeternitate, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94: in diem aeternitatis, Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 18; and plur.: in perpetuas aeternitates, ib. Dan. 12, 3: in domum aeternitatis suae, to his everlasting home (of death), ib. Eccl. 12, 5.—
II. Meton., of the future, duration, durability, immortality: cedri materiae aeternitas, Plin. 13, 5, 11, § 53.—
III. Trop., of the future.
A. In gen.: mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit, Cic. Pis. 3; so id. Phil. 14, 13: Quidquid ex Agricola amavimus, manet mansurumque est in aeternitate temporum, famā rerum, Tac. Agr. 46: cupido aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae, Suet. Ner. 55 al.—
B. Spec., in the time of the emperors, a title of the emperor (like divinitas, majestas, and the like), Eternity: rogatus per aeternitatem tuam, ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 87 ad Trajan.: adoratus aeternitatem nostram, Imp. Const. Cod. 11, 9, 2: Quae nostra sanxit aeternitas, Nov. 35 fin.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin aeternitās From aeternus (“eternal”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalaneternitat
  • Englisheternity
  • Frenchéternité
  • Italianeternità
  • Occitaneternitat
  • Portugueseeternidade
  • Romanianeternitate
  • Spanisheternidad
  • Galicianeternidade
  • Piedmonteseeternità

In English words that came into English from aeternitās

  • eternityaeternitās

Quick answers

What does aeternitās mean in Latin?
aeternitās, a noun, means “eternity (only in an abstract, non-countable sense)”.
What is the genitive of aeternitās?
The genitive singular is aeternitātis. aeternitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce aeternitās?
In classical Latin, [ae̯ˈtɛr.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈtɛr.ni.tas].