LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dīversitās

dīversitās f (genitive dīversitātis)
Classical[dɪˈwɛr.sɪ.tas]Ecclesiastical[diˈvɛr.si.tas]

Meaning

  1. contradiction
  2. diversity, difference

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīversitāsdīversitātēs
genitivedīversitātisdīversitātum
dativedīversitātīdīversitātibus
accusativedīversitātemdīversitātēs
ablativedīversitātedīversitātibus
vocativedīversitāsdīversitātēs

dīversĭtas, ātis, f. diversus (postAug.; cf.: differentia, discrepantia, discrimen, varietas, variatio).
I. (Acc. to diversus, I. B.) Contrariety, contradiction, disagreement: mira diversitate naturae, Tac. G. 15: inter exercitum imperatoremque, id. H. 1, 62; cf. auctorum. Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; Suet. Calig. 8: inter medicos, Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 42. —
II. (Acc. to diversus, II.) Diversity, difference: tanta per omnes gentes nationesque linguae, Quint. 11, 3, 87: ciborum, id. 1, 12, 5: multiplex personarum, causarum, etc., id. 10, 15, 10: ingeniorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 30 fin.: consiliorum, Tac. H. 4, 76 et saep.: inter unciam et digitum, Front. Aquaed. 24 et saep.—In plur., Flor. 3, 10, 6.—
III. Concr., a variety: lignorum, Vulg. Exod. 31, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīversitās

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin dīvertō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin dīversus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin dīversitās From dīversus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalandiversitat
  • GermanDiversität
  • Italiandiversità
  • Occitandiversitat
  • Englishdiversityfrom Old French diversité
  • Frenchdiversitéfrom Old French diversité
  • Portuguesediversidade
  • Romaniandiversitate
  • Spanishdiversidad
  • Asturiandiversidá

In English words that came into English from dīversitās

  • diversitydīversitās

Quick answers

What does dīversitās mean in Latin?
dīversitās, a noun, means “contradiction; diversity, difference”.
What is the genitive of dīversitās?
The genitive singular is dīversitātis. dīversitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dīversitās?
In classical Latin, [dɪˈwɛr.sɪ.tas]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈvɛr.si.tas].
Where does dīversitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīversitās.