LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

austēritās

austēritās f (genitive austēritātis)
Classical[au̯sˈteː.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[au̯sˈtɛː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency
  2. darkness, dinginess, sombreness
  3. figurativelyseverity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaustēritāsaustēritātēs
genitiveaustēritātisaustēritātum
dativeaustēritātīaustēritātibus
accusativeaustēritātemaustēritātēs
ablativeaustēritāteaustēritātibus
vocativeaustēritāsaustēritātēs

austērĭtas, ātis, f. austerus (perh. not before the Aug. period).
I. Lit.
A. Of taste, harshness, sourness (syn.: acerbitas, tristitia, severitas), Col. 11, 2, 68: vini, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 24; 14, 6, 8, § 65: caepae, id. 19, 6, 32, § 105: picis, id. 14, 1, 3, § 17; Pall. 1, 35, 11; and in plur., id. 1, 35, 8.—
B. Of colors, darkness, dinginess, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97; 9, 38, 62, § 134; 35, 10, 36, § 97; 35, 11, 40, § 134.—
II. Trop., severity, austerity, rigor: magistri, Quint. 2, 2, 5: qui a te hanc austeritatem exigo, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5: cum austeritate imperare, Vulg. Ezech. 34, 4: ex bono esse austeritatem, ib. 2 Macc. 14, 30.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin austēritās From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanausteritat
  • Frenchaustérité
  • Italianausterità
  • Portugueseausteridade
  • Romanianausteritate
  • Spanishausteridad
  • Galicianausteridade

Quick answers

What does austēritās mean in Latin?
austēritās, a noun, means “bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency; darkness, dinginess, sombreness; severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor”.
What is the genitive of austēritās?
The genitive singular is austēritātis. austēritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce austēritās?
In classical Latin, [au̯sˈteː.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯sˈtɛː.ri.tas].