LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

amāritās

amāritās f (genitive amāritātis)
Classical[aˈmaː.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[aˈmaː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. bitterness, harshness
    […] non solum ab suco vehementi amaritate ab carie aut tinea non nocetur […][…], on account of the extreme bitterness of its juices, is not subject to rot and attack of the worm, […]c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.9.14

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeamāritāsamāritātēs
genitiveamāritātisamāritātum
dativeamāritātīamāritātibus
accusativeamāritātemamāritātēs
ablativeamāritāteamāritātibus
vocativeamāritāsamāritātēs

ămārĭtas, ātis, f. amarus,
I. bitterness: suci, Vitr. 2, 9 med.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mósder. Latin amārus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin amāritās From amārus (“bitter, pungent”) + -tās.

Quick answers

What does amāritās mean in Latin?
amāritās, a noun, means “bitterness, harshness”.
What is the genitive of amāritās?
The genitive singular is amāritātis. amāritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce amāritās?
In classical Latin, [aˈmaː.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈmaː.ri.tas].