LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

eccentricitās

eccentricitās f (genitive eccentricitātis)
Classical[ɛk.kɛnˈtrɪ.kɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[et.t͡ʃenˈtriː.t͡ʃi.tas]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latineccentricity, outcenteredness.
    Habes machinationem, quam ex tribus supra recitatis eccentricitatibus investigavit, simili prorsus ratione, quemadmodum ex tribus Lunae eclipsibus aequales ipsius motus Divino certe invento corriguntur.1540, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Narratio Prima:
    Anteceſſores quidem, indulſerunt Lunæ aſcensus & deſcenſus in vmbra terræ, hoc eſt, diametrum Epicycli (vt ego, Eccentricitatem) duplo majorem illlâ, quàm ego elicio ex cauſis phyſicis, ac proindè trajectuum inæqualitas, ampliùs quàm duplo fuit major veteribus, quàm eſt nobis hodiè in computò.1634, Iohannes Kepler, Somnium seu opus posthumum de astronomia lunari:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeeccentricitāseccentricitātēs
genitiveeccentricitātiseccentricitātum
dativeeccentricitātīeccentricitātibus
accusativeeccentricitātemeccentricitātēs
ablativeeccentricitāteeccentricitātibus
vocativeeccentricitāseccentricitātēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin eccentricitās From eccentricus (“out-centered”) + -tās (“-ness”).

In English words that came into English from eccentricitās

  • eccentricityeccentricitās

Quick answers

What does eccentricitās mean in Latin?
eccentricitās, a noun, means “eccentricity, outcenteredness.”.
What is the genitive of eccentricitās?
The genitive singular is eccentricitātis. eccentricitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce eccentricitās?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.kɛnˈtrɪ.kɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [et.t͡ʃenˈtriː.t͡ʃi.tas].