LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ingenuitās

ingenuitās f (genitive ingenuitātis)

Meaning

  1. The condition of being free-born or noble
  2. noble-mindedness, ingenuousness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeingenuitāsingenuitātēs
genitiveingenuitātisingenuitātum
dativeingenuitātīingenuitātibus
accusativeingenuitātemingenuitātēs
ablativeingenuitāteingenuitātibus
vocativeingenuitāsingenuitātēs

ingĕnŭĭtas, ātis, f. id..
I. The condition of a free-born man or gentleman, good birth: ornamenta ingenuitatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113: assertus in ingenuitatem, Suet. Aug. 74; Tac. Or. 32.—
II. Trop., a mode of thinking worthy of a freeman, noble-mindedness,frankness, ingenuousness, noble demeanor: prae se probitatem quandam et ingenuitatem ferre, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 66: praestare ingenuitatem et ruborem, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ingenuitās From ingenuus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalaningenuïtat
  • Englishingenuity
  • Frenchingénuité
  • Italianingenuità
  • Portugueseingenuidade
  • Romanianingenuitate
  • Spanishingenuidad
  • Galicianinxenuidade

In English words that came into English from ingenuitās

  • ingenuityingenuitās

Quick answers

What does ingenuitās mean in Latin?
ingenuitās, a noun, means “The condition of being free-born or noble; noble-mindedness, ingenuousness”.
What is the genitive of ingenuitās?
The genitive singular is ingenuitātis. ingenuitās is feminine, third declension.