LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

extrēmitās

extrēmitās f (genitive extrēmitātis)
Classical[ɛkˈstreː.mɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstrɛː.mi.tas]

Meaning

  1. extremity
  2. border, outline, perimeter
  3. ending, suffix

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeextrēmitāsextrēmitātēs
genitiveextrēmitātisextrēmitātum
dativeextrēmitātīextrēmitātibus
accusativeextrēmitātemextrēmitātēs
ablativeextrēmitāteextrēmitātibus
vocativeextrēmitāsextrēmitātēs

extrēmĭtas, ātis (
I. gen. plur. extremitatium, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32; cf. infra), f. extremus, the extremity, end of a thing (class.): infinitas regiones, quarum nulla est ora, nulla extremitas, Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 102: mundus globosus est fabricatus, quod σφαιροειδὲς Graeci vocant: cujus omnis extremitas paribus in medio radiis attingitur, outer circumference, id. Univ. 6: circuli, Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 73; cf.: extremitatem et quasi libramentum (esse), in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit (opp. punctum and lineamentum), superficies, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116: picturae, the outer edge, outline, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68.—In plur.: Aethiopiae, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 188: lacuum, id. 31, 7, 39, § 73: corporis, id. 28, 6, 17, § 61; cf. absol.: febrium accessiones cum frigore extremitatum, the extremities, id. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—As rhet. t. t.: extremitates, extremes, extreme opposites, Quint. 11, 3, 15.—As gram. t. t., the termination, Prisc. ad Julian. Ep. §§ 5, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin extrēmitās From extrēmus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanextremitat
  • Frenchextrémitéfrom Old French estremité
  • Romanianextremitatefrom Old French estremité
  • Italianestremità
  • Occitanextremitat
  • Portugueseextremidade
  • Spanishextremidad
  • Friulianestremitât
  • Indonesianekstremitas
  • Piedmonteseestremità

In English words that came into English from extrēmitās

  • extremityextrēmitās

Quick answers

What does extrēmitās mean in Latin?
extrēmitās, a noun, means “extremity; border, outline, perimeter; ending, suffix”.
What is the genitive of extrēmitās?
The genitive singular is extrēmitātis. extrēmitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce extrēmitās?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈstreː.mɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈstrɛː.mi.tas].