LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

falsitās

falsitās f (genitive falsitātis)

Meaning

  1. falsehood, falsity, untruth, lie
  2. fraud, deceit

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefalsitāsfalsitātēs
genitivefalsitātisfalsitātum
dativefalsitātīfalsitātibus
accusativefalsitātemfalsitātēs
ablativefalsitātefalsitātibus
vocativefalsitāsfalsitātēs

falsĭtas, ātis, f. id.,
I. falsehood, falsity (post-class.), Lact. 5, 3, 23 (opp. verum); Amm. 15, 5, 12; Arn. 1, 33; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 4, 65; Isid. 1, 20, 3.—Plur., Arn. 1, 56; 7, 49.

Origins

Latin falsus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin falsitās From falsus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanfalsedat
  • Italianfalsità
  • Frenchfaussetéfrom Old French falseté
  • Englishfalsityfrom Old French falseté
  • Portuguesefalsidadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese falsidade
  • Romanianfalsitate
  • Spanishfalsedad
  • Aragonesefalsedat
  • Asturianfalsedá
  • Extremaduranfalsedá

In English words that came into English from falsitās

  • falsityfalsitās

Quick answers

What does falsitās mean in Latin?
falsitās, a noun, means “falsehood, falsity, untruth, lie; fraud, deceit”.
What is the genitive of falsitās?
The genitive singular is falsitātis. falsitās is feminine, third declension.