LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

capācitās

capācitās f (genitive capācitātis)
Classical[kaˈpaː.kɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈpaː.t͡ʃi.tas]

Meaning

  1. capability; capacity
  2. comprehension

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecapācitāscapācitātēs
genitivecapācitātiscapācitātum
dativecapācitātīcapācitātibus
accusativecapācitātemcapācitātēs
ablativecapācitātecapācitātibus
vocativecapācitāscapācitātēs

căpācĭtas, ātis, f. capax,
I. a capability of holding much, capacity (rare).
I. In gen.: utrum capacitatem aliquam in animo putamus esse, quo tamquam in aliquod vas, ea, quae meminimus, infundantur? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: uteri, Plin. 10, 47, 66, § 131; Col. 12, 43, 10: moduli, Front. Aquaed. 26. —
II. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists. a capability of entering upon an inheritance, right of inheritance (cf. capio, I. B. 2. b. β; capax, II. B.), Dig. 31, 55, § 1; Cod. Th. 9, 42, 1 pr.—
B. Intellectually, capacity, comprehension, Aug. Conf. 10, 9; Cod. Just. 1, 17, 1, § 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Archaic Latinkapiō
  5. Latincapācitās

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitās From capāx + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalancapacitat
  • Englishcapacity
  • Frenchcapacité
  • GermanKapazität
  • Italiancapacità
  • Portuguesecapacidade
  • Romaniancapacitate
  • Spanishcapacidad
  • Asturiancapacidá
  • Czechkapacita

In English words that came into English from capācitās

  • capacitycapācitās

Quick answers

What does capācitās mean in Latin?
capācitās, a noun, means “capability; capacity; comprehension”.
What is the genitive of capācitās?
The genitive singular is capācitātis. capācitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce capācitās?
In classical Latin, [kaˈpaː.kɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈpaː.t͡ʃi.tas].
Where does capācitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kap- → Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti → Proto-Italic *kapjō → Archaic Latin kapiō → Latin capācitās.