noun · femininethird declension
captīvitās
captīvitās f (genitive captīvitātis)
Classical[kapˈtiː.wɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kapˈtiː.vi.tas]
Meaning
- captivity, bondage
- capture
- blindness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | captīvitās | captīvitātēs |
| genitive | captīvitātis | captīvitātum |
| dative | captīvitātī | captīvitātibus |
| accusative | captīvitātem | captīvitātēs |
| ablative | captīvitāte | captīvitātibus |
| vocative | captīvitās | captīvitātēs |
captīvĭtas, ātis, f. captivus,
I. the condition of captivus (post-Aug.; cf. Madvig. Cic. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Orell. V. 2, p. 71).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings, captivity, bondage, Sen. Ep. 85, 27; Tac. A. 12, 51; 4, 25; 11, 23; id. H. 5, 21; Just. 3, 5, 2; 4, 3. 3; 4, 5, 12; 11, 3, 7;
11, 14, 11.—Also of animals, Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 134; Flor. 1, 18, 28.—B. Collect.:
nisi coetu alienigenarum, velut captivitas, inferatur, Tac. A. 11, 23.—C. Of inanim. things, a taking, capture:
urbium, Tac. A. 16, 16; id. H. 3, 83: Africae, Flor. 2, 6, 8.—Also in plur.: urbium, Tac. H. 3, 70.—II. (Acc. to capio. II. A. 2. a.) Oculorum, blindness, App. M. 1, p. 104, 36 Elm.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
captīvitās ātis, f
captivus, servitude, captivity: monstrata comminus, shown to be impending, Ta.: urbis, capture, Ta.—Plur: urbium, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin captīvitās From captīvus + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalancaptivitat
- Frenchcaptivité
- Italiancattività
- Portuguesecatividade
- Romaniancaptivitate
- Spanishcautividad
- Old Spanishcatibdat
- Galiciancatividade
- Welshcaethiwedfrom Proto-Brythonic *kėiθiwed
In English words that came into English from captīvitās
- captivitycaptīvitās