LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

āriditās

āriditās f (genitive āriditātis)

Meaning

  1. dryness, drought, aridity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeāriditāsāriditātēs
genitiveāriditātisāriditātum
dativeāriditātīāriditātibus
accusativeāriditātemāriditātēs
ablativeāriditāteāriditātibus
vocativeāriditāsāriditātēs

ārĭdĭtas, ātis, f. aridus,
I. dryness, drought.
I. A.. Lit.: ariditatem ampliare, Plin. 11, 35, 41, § 117: myrtus siccata usque in ariditatem, id. 15, 29, 37, § 123: ariditas aquae, Vulg. Judith, 11, 10.—In the plur.: ariditatibus temperamenta ferre, Arn. 2, 69.—
B. In Pall. meton. (abstr. pro concr.), any thing dry, withered, or parched: cum fimi ariditate miscenda est, i. e. fimo arido, Pall. 3, 4: ariditatem recidere, the dry, dead wood, id. 3, 21, 2.—
II. Trop., a being withered, dryness: stipula ariditate plena, Vulg. Nah. 1, 10: bracchium ejus ariditate siccabitur, ib. Zach. 11, 17; and meton. (abstr. for concr.), of meagre, scanty food, Salv. 1, 1 sq.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āriditās From āridus (“dry, arid”) + -tās (“-ness, -ity”).

In English words that came into English from āriditās

  • aridityāriditās

Quick answers

What does āriditās mean in Latin?
āriditās, a noun, means “dryness, drought, aridity”.
What is the genitive of āriditās?
The genitive singular is āriditātis. āriditās is feminine, third declension.