LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

crūdēlitās

crūdēlitās f (genitive crūdēlitātis)
Classical[kruːˈdeː.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[kruˈdɛː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. cruelty, severity

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Sævitia · Crudelitas

Sævitia (from αἶ, αἰνός) denotes the blood-thirsty cruelty of the tyrant, who acts like a ravenous beast, that kills and tears its prey, in opp. to mansuetudo; whereas crudelitas (from κρύος, crudus) denotes the reckless cruelty of the judge, who enforces the utmost rigor of the law, in opp. to clementia. Sen. Clem. 2. Cic. Lig. 3. Att. viii. 9. Plin. Pan. 3.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrūdēlitāscrūdēlitātēs
genitivecrūdēlitātiscrūdēlitātum
dativecrūdēlitātīcrūdēlitātibus
accusativecrūdēlitātemcrūdēlitātēs
ablativecrūdēlitātecrūdēlitātibus
vocativecrūdēlitāscrūdēlitātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

crudelitatem exercere in aliquo
to exercise one's cruelty on some one.
crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem
to exercise one's cruelty on some one.
famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
to gain the reputation of cruelty.
crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
to behave with cruelty.

crūdēlĭtas, ātis, f. crudelis,
I. harshness, severity, cruelty, barbarity (in good prose and very freq.): crudelitas est atrocitas animi in exigendis poenis, Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1: crudelitas est inclinatio ad asperiora, id. ib. 2, 4, 3: ista in nostros homines crudelitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 88, § 150; id. Off. 2, 8, 27; 3, 11, 46; id. Sest. 65, 135; id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Sall. C. 51, 14; Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Liv. 3, 53, 7; 42, 8, 5 et saep.; Prud. Perieg. 2291 al.: in meo inimico crudelitatem exprompsisti tuam, Cic. Mil. 13, 33: crudelitatem exercere in vivo, id. Phil. 11, 3, 8.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin crūdēlitās From crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishcruelty
  • Catalancrueltat
  • Frenchcruauté
  • Italiancrudeltà
  • Occitancrudeltat
  • Occitancruseltat
  • Portuguesecrueldade
  • Spanishcrueldad
  • Asturiancrueldá
  • Friuliancrudeltât

In English words that came into English from crūdēlitās

  • crueltycrūdēlitās

Quick answers

What does crūdēlitās mean in Latin?
crūdēlitās, a noun, means “cruelty, severity”.
What is the genitive of crūdēlitās?
The genitive singular is crūdēlitātis. crūdēlitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crūdēlitās?
In classical Latin, [kruːˈdeː.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kruˈdɛː.li.tas].