LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

clāritās

clāritās f (genitive clāritātis)
Classical[ˈkɫaː.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈklaː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. clarity, brightness, vividness
  2. fame, glory, renown

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Gloria · Claritas

Gloria (from γέλως) denotes renown, under the image of something said, like κλέος; claritas (from γαληρός) under that of some thing bright, and that is seen, like δόξα. (v. 235.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeclāritāsclāritātēs
genitiveclāritātisclāritātum
dativeclāritātīclāritātibus
accusativeclāritātemclāritātēs
ablativeclāritāteclāritātibus
vocativeclāritāsclāritātēs

clārĭtas, ātis, f. clarus,
I. clearness, brightness, splendor (in good prose, most freq. in the post-Aug. per.).
I. Prop.
A. Of objects affecting the sight (so for the most part only in Pliny the elder): sidus Veneris claritatis tantae (est), ut, etc., Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37; cf. id. 2, 8, 6, § 30; 23, 4, 41, § 84: matutina, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: visus, id. 31, 10, 46, § 116; cf. oculorum, id. 18, 11, 29, § 114; 20, 10, 42, § 108: AD CLARITATEM (sc. oculorum), for clearness of sight (label of an ointment box), Inscr. Orell. 4234.—
B. Of objects affecting the hearing, distinctness, clearness: claritas in voce, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: sonituum chordarum, Vitr. 5, 3, 8: vocis, Quint. 6, prooem. § 11: vocalium, id. 9, 4, 131; 11, 3, 41.—
II. Trop.
A. Intellectually, clearness, distinctness, perspicuity (rare): pulchritudinem rerum claritas orationis illuminat, Quint. 2, 16, 10; so id. 8, 3, 70; Cod. Th. 1, 1, 6, § 1.—
B. Morally, celebrity, renown, reputation, splendor, high estimation (so most freq.; several times in Cicero, who never uses claritudo, while in Sallust only claritudo is found, q. v.; cf. also amplitudo, splendor, nobilitas, gloria): num te fortunae tuae, num amplitudinis, num claritatis, num gloriae poenitebat? Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 38, id. Div. 2, 31, 66: quae ex multis pro tuā claritate audiam, id. Fam. 13, 68, 1, cf. Quint. 3, 7, 11: viri claritate praestantes, Nep. Eum. 3, 3: nominis, Auct. B. Afr. 22: generis, Quint. 8, 6, 7; cf. id. 5, 11, 5; 3, 7, 11: natalium, Tac. H. 1, 49: personarum, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 1: Herculis, Tac. G. 34 fin.: vino Maroneo antiquissima claritas, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 53: litterarum, id. 14, 4, 5, § 44: herbarum (i.e. nobiliores herbae), id. 24, 19, 120, § 188.—In plur.: claritates operum, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53: ingeniorum, id. 37, 13, 77, § 201.
Clārĭtas Jūlia, f.,
I. the name given to the town Attuli, in Hispania Baetica, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁rós
  3. Proto-Italic*klāros
  4. Latinclāritās

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin clāritās From clārus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Italianchiarità
  • Italianclarità
  • Englishclarityfrom Old French clarté
  • Portugueseclaridadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese claridade
  • Romanianclaritate
  • Spanishclaridad
  • Franco-Provençalcllartât
  • Middle Frenchclartéfrom Old French clarté

In English words that came into English from clāritās

  • clarityclāritās

Quick answers

What does clāritās mean in Latin?
clāritās, a noun, means “clarity, brightness, vividness; fame, glory, renown”.
What is the genitive of clāritās?
The genitive singular is clāritātis. clāritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce clāritās?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɫaː.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈklaː.ri.tas].
Where does clāritās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós → Proto-Italic *klāros → Latin clāritās.