noun · femininethird declension
īnfēlīcitās
īnfēlīcitās f (genitive īnfēlīcitātis)
Classical[ĩː.feːˈliː.kɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.feˈliː.t͡ʃi.tas]
Meaning
- bad luck, misfortune
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Infortunium · Calamitas · Infelicitas · Miseria
Infortunium and calamitas denote a single misfortune; infortunium, more as a vexatious accident, like malheur, for example, the loss of a purse, receiving blows, etc.; calamitas (from κολούω) a tragic accident, as the loss of a beloved person, of power, etc.; whereas infelicitas and miseria denote an unfortunate state of considerable duration; infelicitas, merely as the absence of success; miseria (from μυσαρός?) as an actual, pressing state of affliction.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnfēlīcitās | īnfēlīcitātēs |
| genitive | īnfēlīcitātis | īnfēlīcitātum |
| dative | īnfēlīcitātī | īnfēlīcitātibus |
| accusative | īnfēlīcitātem | īnfēlīcitātēs |
| ablative | īnfēlīcitāte | īnfēlīcitātibus |
| vocative | īnfēlīcitās | īnfēlīcitātēs |
in-fēlīcĭtas, ātis, f. infelix,
I. ill-luck, misfortune (rare but class.):
quid hoc infelicitatis? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 5: haruspicum, Cic. Div. 2, 29 fin.: gravior, Liv. 40, 55 fin. al.— Plur.: miseriae et infelicitates, calamities, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 17, 37.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnfēlīcitās ātis, f
infelix, ill-luck, misfortune: quid hoc infelicitatis? T.: tua: gravior, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin īnfēlīcitās From īnfēlīx (“unlucky”) + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalaninfelicitat
- Frenchinfélicité
- Italianinfelicità
- Portugueseinfelicidade
- Spanishinfelicidad
- Galicianinfelicidade
In English words that came into English from īnfēlīcitās
- infelicityīnfēlīcitās