LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

antīquitās

antīquitās f (genitive antīquitātis)
Classical[anˈtiː.kʷɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[anˈtiː.kʷi.tas]

Meaning

  1. antiquity (ancient times)
  2. the good old days
  3. the ancients
  4. age
  5. integrity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeantīquitāsantīquitātēs
genitiveantīquitātisantīquitātum
dativeantīquitātīantīquitātibus
accusativeantīquitātemantīquitātēs
ablativeantīquitāteantīquitātibus
vocativeantīquitāsantīquitātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

antiquitatis memoria
ancient history.
generis antiquitate florere
to be of noble family.
orationes Catonis antiquitatem redolent (Brut. 21. 82)
Cato's speeches sound archaic.
repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
to go back to the remote ages.

antīquĭtas, ātis, f. antiquus,
I. the quality of being antiquus, age, antiquity (class., but only in prose).
I. In gen.: antiquitas generis, Cic. Font. 14, 31; so Nep. Milt. 1, 1: non vestra (urbs) haec est, quae gloriabatur a diebus pristinis in antiquitate suā? Vulg. Isa. 23, 7.—
II. Spec., ancient time, antiquity.
A. Lit.: fabulae ab ultimā antiquitate repetitae, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: habet ut in aetatibus auctoritatem senectus, sic in exemplis antiquitas, id. Or. 50, 169: antiquitas dat dignitatem verbis, Quint. 8, 3, 24; Suet. Ner. 38 al.—
B. Meton.
1. The occurrences of antiquity, the history of ancient times, antiquity: tenenda est omnis antiquitas, Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18: memoria antiquitatis, id. Brut. 59, 214: antiquitatis iter, id. de Or. 1, 60, 256 al.: antiquitatis amator, Nep. Att. 18, 1 Bremi and Dähne; cf. id. ib. 20 al.—In plur., a title of historical or archœological works, antiquities; cf. Plin. praef.; Gell. 5, 13: Varro in antiquitatibus rerum humanarum scripsit, etc., id. 11, 1 et saep. —
2. Men of former times, the ancients: errabat multis in rebus antiquitas, Cic. Div. 2, 33; cf. Hand, Wopk. Lectt. Tull. p. 209; Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 27: antiquitas melius ea, quae erant vera, cernebat, id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26: fabulose narravit antiquitas, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85; 19, 4, 19, § 1 al.—
3. The condition or state of former times (eccl. Lat.): Et soror tua Sodoma et filiae ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam, Vulg. Ezech. 16, 55 ter.—
II. Esp., with the access. idea of moral excellence (cf. antiquus, II. C.), the good old times, the honesty of the good old times, integrity, uprightness, etc.: P. Rutilius documentum fuit virtutis, antiquitatis, prudentiae, Cic. Rab. Post. 10: his gravissimae antiquitatis viris probatus, id. Sest. 3: haec plena sunt antiquitatis, id. Planc. 18, 45; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 209: exemplar antiquitatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s
  6. Latinantīquitās

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin antīquitās From antīquus + -tās.

Inherited
  • Catalanantiguitat
  • Italianantichità
  • Portugueseantiguidadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese antiguedade
  • Spanishantigüedad
  • Istriotantichità
  • Galicianantigüidadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese antiguedade
Borrowed
  • Frenchantiquitéfrom Old French antiquitet
  • Romanianantichitatefrom Old French antiquitet
  • Englishantiquityfrom Old French antiquitet
  • Dutchantiquiteitfrom Old French antiquitet
  • LuxembourgishAntiquitéitfrom Old French antiquitet

In English words that came into English from antīquitās

  • antiquityantīquitās

Quick answers

What does antīquitās mean in Latin?
antīquitās, a noun, means “antiquity (ancient times); the good old days; the ancients”.
What is the genitive of antīquitās?
The genitive singular is antīquitātis. antīquitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce antīquitās?
In classical Latin, [anˈtiː.kʷɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [anˈtiː.kʷi.tas].
Where does antīquitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti → Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s → Latin antīquitās.