LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

paucitās

paucitās f (genitive paucitātis)
Classical[ˈpau̯.kɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaːu̯.t͡ʃi.tas]

Meaning

  1. scarcity, paucity

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepaucitāspaucitātēs
genitivepaucitātispaucitātum
dativepaucitātīpaucitātibus
accusativepaucitātempaucitātēs
ablativepaucitātepaucitātibus
vocativepaucitāspaucitātēs

paucĭtas, ātis, f. paucus,
I. a small number, fewness, scarcity, paucity (class.): quanta oratorum sit semperque fuerit paucitas, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8: in summā paucitate amicorum, id. Fam. 4, 11, 1: portuum, Caes. B. G. 3, 9: paucitatem militum Caesaris despiciens, id. B. C. 3, 111: loci, Liv. 2, 50, 10: quae res et paucitatem eorum insignem et multitudinem Etruscorum . . . faciebat, id. 2, 50, 8: nimia paucitas suorum, id. 28, 3, 8.—Without a gen.: de pantheris agitur mandatu meo diligenter; sed mira paucitas est, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 3; Sall. C. 53, 4; Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32; Quint. 5, 7, 23.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂w-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ukos
  3. Proto-Italic*paukos
  4. Latinpaucitās

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin paucitās From paucus + -tās.

In English words that came into English from paucitās

  • paucitypaucitās

Quick answers

What does paucitās mean in Latin?
paucitās, a noun, means “scarcity, paucity”.
What is the genitive of paucitās?
The genitive singular is paucitātis. paucitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce paucitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈpau̯.kɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpaːu̯.t͡ʃi.tas].
Where does paucitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- → Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos → Proto-Italic *paukos → Latin paucitās.