LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēnsitās

dēnsitās f (genitive dēnsitātis)

Meaning

  1. thickness
  2. density
  3. abundance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēnsitāsdēnsitātēs
genitivedēnsitātisdēnsitātum
dativedēnsitātīdēnsitātibus
accusativedēnsitātemdēnsitātēs
ablativedēnsitātedēnsitātibus
vocativedēnsitāsdēnsitātēs

densĭtas, ātis, f. densus,
I. thickness, density (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: limus spissatur et in densitatem coit, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178: chartae, id. 13, 12, 24, § 78: umoris, id. 11, 3, 2, § 6; Vulg. Isa. 9, 18 al. —
II. Trop.: sententiarum, Quint. 8, 5, 26: figurarum, id. 9, 2, 72.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dens-der. Latin dēnsus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin dēnsitās From dēnsus (“dense, crowded, frequent”) + -tās (forms feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).

Descendants
  • Catalandensitat
  • Englishdensity
  • Frenchdensité
  • Italiandensità
  • Portuguesedensidade
  • Romaniandensitate
  • Spanishdensidad
  • Galiciandensidade
  • Siciliandinzità
  • Siciliandinzitati

In English words that came into English from dēnsitās

  • densitydēnsitās

Quick answers

What does dēnsitās mean in Latin?
dēnsitās, a noun, means “thickness; density; abundance”.
What is the genitive of dēnsitās?
The genitive singular is dēnsitātis. dēnsitās is feminine, third declension.