LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

hērēditās

hērēditās f (genitive hērēditātis)
Classical[heːˈreː.dɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[eˈrɛː.di.tas]

Meaning

  1. inheritance
    De Tadiana re mecum Tadius locutus est te ita scripsisse, nihil esse iam, quod laboraretur, quoniam hereditas usu capta esset. Id mirabamur te ignorare, de tutela legitima, in qua dicitur esse puella, nihil usu capi posse.Translation by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh As to the business of Tadius. He tells me that you have written him word that there was no need of farther trouble, since the property is secured by prescription. I am surprised that you do not know that in the case of a statutory wardship of an unmarried girl prescription cannot be pleaded.68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 1.5.6
  2. hereditary succession
  3. hereditary legacy

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

bona mortuī ad vīvum
hērēditās -ātis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 13

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehērēditās
haerēditās		hērēditātēs
haerēditātēs
genitivehērēditātis
haerēditātis		hērēditātum
haerēditātum, hērēditātium
dativehērēditātī
haerēditātī		hērēditātibus
haerēditātibus
accusativehērēditātem
haerēditātem		hērēditātēs
haerēditātēs
ablativehērēditāte
haerēditāte		hērēditātibus
haerēditātibus
vocativehērēditās
haerēditās		hērēditātēs
haerēditātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

hereditatem adire, cernere
to take possession of an inheritance.
hereditate aliquid accipere
to inherit something.
hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo
something has been left as a legacy by some one.
hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
I have received a legacy from a person.

hērēdĭtas, ātis (
I. gen. plur. hereditatium, Cic. Dom. 15, 35; Inscr. Orell. 107 al.; but usu. hereditatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16; id. Agr. 1, 3, 8), f. heres, heirship, inheritance.
I. Abstr.: hereditas est successio in universum jus, quod defunctus habebat tempore mortis, Dig. 50, 16, 24: si istiusmodi mi fundus hereditate obvenerit, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4; cf.: quoniam habes istum equum, aut emeris oportet aut hereditate possideas aut, etc. ... sed neque emisti, neque hereditate venit, neque, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 84: de hereditatibus, Gai. Inst. 2, 99 sqq.; 3, 1 sqq.—
II. Concr., an inheritance (cf. patrimonium).
A. Lit.: hereditas est pecunia, quae morte alicujus ad quempiam pervenit jure, nec ea aut legata testamento aut possessione retenta, Cic. Top. 6, 29: si qua mihi obtigerit hereditas magna atque luculenta, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 23; cf.: cum ejus filio hereditas a propinquo permagna venisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: de hereditate ea, quae pupillo venit, id. Inv. 2, 21, 62: hereditates mihi negasti venire, id. Phil. 2, 16, 40: communem hereditatem concedere, id. Fl. 36, 89: mentio hereditatum ... hereditatem adire, id. Phil. 2, 16, 42: adire hereditatem, id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55: obire, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8: cernere, id. Att. 11, 2, 1; id. Agr. 2, 15, 40; cf. cerno: capere ab aliquo, id. Caecin. 35, 102: usurpare, Tac. A. 2, 19 fin.: acquirere, repudiare, omittere, Dig. 24, 3, 58: tradere alicui, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121: transmittere alicui, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7: quem nisi in via caducae hereditates retardassent, i. e. that fall to heirs who have children, Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; v. caducus.—Prov.: hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great advantage without trouble, without expense (because the maintaining of the sacred family rites was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8; id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—
B. Trop.: a quo quidem rei familiaris ad paucos, cupiditatum ad multos improbos venit hereditas, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28: hereditas hujus gloriae, id. ib. 1, 22, 78; cf.: optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis omnique patrimonio praestantior gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum, id. ib. 1, 33, 121 fin.: paternae scientiae, Just. 36, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin hērēditās From hērēs (“heir”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • GermanHeredität
  • Italianeredità
  • Occitanereditat
  • Englishheredityfrom Old French eredité
  • Frenchhéréditéfrom Old French eredité
  • Portugueseherdade
  • Romanianereditate
  • Spanishheredad
  • Friulianereditât
  • Galicianherdade

Quick answers

What does hērēditās mean in Latin?
hērēditās, a noun, means “inheritance; hereditary succession; hereditary legacy”.
What is the genitive of hērēditās?
The genitive singular is hērēditātis. hērēditās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce hērēditās?
In classical Latin, [heːˈreː.dɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈrɛː.di.tas].