LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

contiguitās

contiguitās f (genitive contiguitātis)
Classical[kɔn.tɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kon.tiˈɡuː.i.tas]

Meaning

  1. Late Latincontiguity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecontiguitāscontiguitātēs
genitivecontiguitātiscontiguitātum
dativecontiguitātīcontiguitātibus
accusativecontiguitātemcontiguitātēs
ablativecontiguitātecontiguitātibus
vocativecontiguitāscontiguitātēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin contiguus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin contiguitās From contiguus (“bordering upon”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalancontiguïtat
  • Englishcontiguity
  • Frenchcontiguïté
  • Italiancontiguità
  • Portuguesecontiguidade
  • Romaniancontiguitate
  • Spanishcontigüidad

In English words that came into English from contiguitās

  • contiguitycontiguitās

Quick answers

What does contiguitās mean in Latin?
contiguitās, a noun, means “contiguity”.
What is the genitive of contiguitās?
The genitive singular is contiguitātis. contiguitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce contiguitās?
In classical Latin, [kɔn.tɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.tiˈɡuː.i.tas].