LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

animōsitās

animōsitās f (genitive animōsitātis)

Meaning

  1. Derived from animus: courageousness/courage, bravery, boldness, undauntedness
  2. Derived from animus: arrogance, haughtiness, pridefulness
  3. Derived from animus: aggressiveness, ardor, fervor, passion, vehemence
  4. Derived from animus: enmity, fury/furiosity/furiousness, wrath/wrathfulness
  5. Derived from animus: adamancy, headstrongness, wilfulness
  6. Derived from anima: spiritedness/spirit, enthusiasm
  7. Medieval LatinCertain particular strong emotions: animosity, enmity, hostility, opposition

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanimōsitāsanimōsitātēs
genitiveanimōsitātisanimōsitātum
dativeanimōsitātīanimōsitātibus
accusativeanimōsitātemanimōsitātēs
ablativeanimōsitāteanimōsitātibus
vocativeanimōsitāsanimōsitātēs

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

ănĭmōsĭtas, ātis, f. animosus (only post-class.).
I. Boldness, courage, spirit: resistendi, Amm. 16, 12: equi, Sid. Ep. 4, 3. —
II. Vehemence, impetuosity, ardor, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; in plur., * id. ib. 2, 12; Aug. Ep. 162, and Civ. Dei, 14, 2 al.—
III. Wrath, enmity (eccl. Lat.): iracundia animositatis illius (Dei) subversio illius est, Vulg. Eccli. 1, 28; ib. 2 Cor. 12, 20; ib. Heb. 11, 27.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin animōsitās From animōsus (“spirited, courageous/full of courage, bold, undaunted, proud”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalananimositat
  • Englishanimosity
  • Frenchanimosité
  • GermanAnimosität
  • Italiananimosità
  • Portugueseanimosidade
  • Romaniananimozitate
  • Spanishanimosidad
  • Galiciananimosidade