LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

continuitās

continuitās f (genitive continuitātis)

Meaning

  1. continuation, prolongation, extension
  2. continuance, continuity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecontinuitāscontinuitātēs
genitivecontinuitātiscontinuitātum
dativecontinuitātīcontinuitātibus
accusativecontinuitātemcontinuitātēs
ablativecontinuitātecontinuitātibus
vocativecontinuitāscontinuitātēs

contĭnŭĭtas, ātis, f. continuus,
I. a connected series, continuation (very rare), Varr. L. L. 8, § 107 Müll.: spinae, Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 105.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin continuitās From continuus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalancontinuitat
  • Englishcontinuity
  • Frenchcontinuité
  • Italiancontinuità
  • Portuguesecontinuidade
  • Romaniancontinuitate
  • Spanishcontinuidad
  • Galiciancontinuidade
  • Indonesiankontinuitas

In English words that came into English from continuitās

  • continuitycontinuitās

Quick answers

What does continuitās mean in Latin?
continuitās, a noun, means “continuation, prolongation, extension; continuance, continuity”.
What is the genitive of continuitās?
The genitive singular is continuitātis. continuitās is feminine, third declension.