LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

mōrālitās

mōrālitās f (genitive mōrālitātis)
Classical[moːˈraː.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[moˈraː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. manner, characteristics, character
  2. Medieval Latinmorality, morals

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemōrālitāsmōrālitātēs
genitivemōrālitātismōrālitātum
dativemōrālitātīmōrālitātibus
accusativemōrālitātemmōrālitātēs
ablativemōrālitātemōrālitātibus
vocativemōrālitāsmōrālitātēs

mōrālĭtas, ātis, f. moralis,
I. manner, characteristics, character (post-class.), Macr. S. 5, 1; morality, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin mōrālitās From mōrālis (“moral”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanmoralitat
  • Englishmorality
  • Frenchmoralité
  • Italianmoralità
  • Portuguesemoralidade
  • Romanianmoralitate
  • Spanishmoralidad
  • Galicianmoralidade
  • Indonesianmoralitas

In English words that came into English from mōrālitās

  • moralitymōrālitās

Quick answers

What does mōrālitās mean in Latin?
mōrālitās, a noun, means “manner, characteristics, character; morality, morals”.
What is the genitive of mōrālitās?
The genitive singular is mōrālitātis. mōrālitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce mōrālitās?
In classical Latin, [moːˈraː.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [moˈraː.li.tas].