LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ānxietās

ānxietās f (genitive ānxietātis)
Classical[aːŋkˈsi.ɛ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[aŋkˈsiː.e.tas]

Meaning

  1. anxiety
  2. carefulness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeānxietāsānxietātēs
genitiveānxietātisānxietātum
dativeānxietātīānxietātibus
accusativeānxietātemānxietātēs
ablativeānxietāteānxietātibus
vocativeānxietāsānxietātēs

anxĭĕtas, ātis, f. anxius.
I. The quality or state of anxius, anxiety (as a per manent condition, while angor, anguish, is only momentary; cf. Hab. Syn. 108, and v. angor), Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27: perpetua anxie tas, Juv. 13, 211.—But sometimes = angor, temporary anguish, fear, trouble, etc.: animi, Ov. P. 1, 4, 8; Curt. 4, 13: divortii anxietate mortuus, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—
II. Anxious care, carefulness in regard to a thing (only post-Aug.): quaerendi, judicandi, comparandi anxietas, Quint. prooem. 8 fin.: anxietas et quasi morositas disputationis, Gell. 1, 3, 12; cf. anxius, B.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxius Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ānxietās From ānxius + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishanxiety
  • Catalanansietat
  • Frenchanxiété
  • Italianansietà
  • Portugueseansiedade
  • Romaniananxietate
  • Spanishansiedad
  • Galicianansiedade

In English words that came into English from ānxietās

  • anxietyānxietās

Quick answers

What does ānxietās mean in Latin?
ānxietās, a noun, means “anxiety; carefulness”.
What is the genitive of ānxietās?
The genitive singular is ānxietātis. ānxietās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ānxietās?
In classical Latin, [aːŋkˈsi.ɛ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aŋkˈsiː.e.tas].