LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exiguitās

exiguitās f (genitive exiguitātis)
Classical[ɛk.sɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[eɡ.ziˈɡuː.i.tas]

Meaning

  1. scantiness
  2. smallness, shortness
    Hanc [dēmōnstrātiōnem] marginis exiguitās nōn caperet.The smallness of the margin could not contain this [proof].1637, Pierre de Fermat
  3. scarcity

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexiguitāsexiguitātēs
genitiveexiguitātisexiguitātum
dativeexiguitātīexiguitātibus
accusativeexiguitātemexiguitātēs
ablativeexiguitāteexiguitātibus
vocativeexiguitāsexiguitātēs

exĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. exiguus,
I. scantiness in measure or number, smallness, littleness, shortness, scarcity (class.).
(a). With gen.: cum paucitatem militum ex castrorum exiguitate cognoscerent, Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 1: pellium, id. ib. 4, 1 fin.: itaque in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem obscuratio consequitur, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: copiarum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf. in the follg.: congiariorum, Quint. 6, 3, 52: cibi, Col. 7, 5, 5: fisci, Suet. Claud. 28: fructuum, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 5: temporis tanta fuit exiguitas, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5; 2, 33, 2; Liv. 24, 17, 4 al.—
(b). Absol.: ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin exiguitās From exiguus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanexigüitat
  • Frenchexiguïté
  • Italianesiguità
  • Portugueseexiguidade
  • Spanishexigüidad
  • Galicianexigüidade

In English words that came into English from exiguitās

  • exiguityexiguitās

Quick answers

What does exiguitās mean in Latin?
exiguitās, a noun, means “scantiness; smallness, shortness; scarcity”.
What is the genitive of exiguitās?
The genitive singular is exiguitātis. exiguitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce exiguitās?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.sɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡ.ziˈɡuː.i.tas].