LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

identitās

identitās f (genitive identitātis)
Classical[ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[iˈdɛn.ti.tas]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinsameness, identicalness, identity
    identitās nātūraethe identicalness of nature
    identitās fōrmalis et reālisformal and objective identity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeidentitāsidentitātēs
genitiveidentitātisidentitātum
dativeidentitātīidentitātibus
accusativeidentitātemidentitātēs
ablativeidentitāteidentitātibus
vocativeidentitāsidentitātēs

Origins

From idem n (“the same”) + -tās, a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”). Compare essentitās, essentiālitās.

Descendants
  • Catalanidentitat
  • Englishidentity
  • Frenchidentité
  • Italianidentità
  • Portugueseidentidade
  • Romanianidentitate
  • Spanishidentidad
  • Danishidentitet
  • Galicianidentidade
  • Hungarianidentitás

Quick answers

What does identitās mean in Latin?
identitās, a noun, means “sameness, identicalness, identity”.
What is the genitive of identitās?
The genitive singular is identitātis. identitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce identitās?
In classical Latin, [ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iˈdɛn.ti.tas].