LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

caliditās

caliditās f (genitive caliditātis)
Classical[kaˈlɪ.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈliː.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. heat, warmth

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecaliditāscaliditātēs
genitivecaliditātiscaliditātum
dativecaliditātīcaliditātibus
accusativecaliditātemcaliditātēs
ablativecaliditātecaliditātibus
vocativecaliditāscaliditātēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kalēō
  4. Latincaliditās

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin calidus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin caliditās From calidus (“hot”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishcalidity
  • Frenchcalidité
  • Italiancalidità

In English words that came into English from caliditās

  • caliditycaliditās

Quick answers

What does caliditās mean in Latin?
caliditās, a noun, means “heat, warmth”.
What is the genitive of caliditās?
The genitive singular is caliditātis. caliditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce caliditās?
In classical Latin, [kaˈlɪ.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈliː.di.tas].
Where does caliditās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *kalēō → Latin caliditās.