LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

celebritās

celebritās f (genitive celebritātis)
Classical[kɛˈɫɛ.brɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃeˈlɛː.bri.tas]

Meaning

  1. crowd, multitude
  2. celebration
  3. fame, renown, celebrity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecelebritāscelebritātēs
genitivecelebritātiscelebritātum
dativecelebritātīcelebritātibus
accusativecelebritātemcelebritātēs
ablativecelebritātecelebritātibus
vocativecelebritāscelebritātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

celebritas ludorum
crowded games.

cĕlē^brĭtas, ātis, f. id..
I. A great number, a multitude, a large assembly, a numerous concourse or gathering, a crowd (syn. frequentia; opp. solitudo; in good prose): in multitudine et celebritate judiciorum, Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 16, 29: odi celebritatem; fugio homines; esset mihi ista solitudo non amara, Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 13, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 18: in celebritate versari, to live in society, Nep. praef. § 6: virorum ac mulierum, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65: audientium, Quint. 1, 2, 29 al.: loci, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 7; Tac. A. 3, 9: viae, Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2; Tac. H. 2, 64: totius Graeciae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9.—
II. Meton.
A. A festal celebration, a solemnity: supremi diei, a solemn procession for the dead, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; cf. Liv. 30, 38, 12.—
B. Fame, renown, celebrity: celebritas sermonis hominum, Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20: causa celebritatis et nominis, id. Off. 2, 13, 44: famae, id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28: nominis, Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 6, p. 243 Gerl.; Suet. Gram. 23: in docendo, Gell. 7, 17, 1: aeris, Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; v. Sillig N cr.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin celebritās From celeber + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalancelebritat
  • Englishcelebrity
  • Frenchcélébrité
  • Italiancelebrità
  • Portuguesecelebridade
  • Romaniancelebritate
  • Spanishcelebridad
  • Galiciancelebridade
  • Indonesianselebritas

Quick answers

What does celebritās mean in Latin?
celebritās, a noun, means “crowd, multitude; celebration; fame, renown, celebrity”.
What is the genitive of celebritās?
The genitive singular is celebritātis. celebritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce celebritās?
In classical Latin, [kɛˈɫɛ.brɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃeˈlɛː.bri.tas].