noun · femininethird declension
perceptīvitās
perceptīvitās f (genitive perceptīvitātis)
Classical[pɛr.kɛpˈtiː.wɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[per.t͡ʃepˈtiː.vi.tas]
Meaning
- perceptivity, perceptiveness, perception, the ability to perceive
[…] hæc enim realitas, quæ dictur Deus, ſupereminenter eſt Eſſentia, ſupereminenter exiſtentia, ſupereminenter Vita, ſupereminenter Perceptivitas, Spiritualitas, &c. & formaliter tantum Divinitas, hoc eſt, Infinitas.
[…] for this reality, which is called God, is supereminently essence, supereminently existence, supereminently Life, supereminently Perceptivity, Spirituality, etc. and formally only Divinity, that is, Infinity.1659, Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz, Caramuelis metalogica disputationes de logicae essentia, proprietatibus, et operationibus continens, volume 3, page 139:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perceptīvitās | perceptīvitātēs |
| genitive | perceptīvitātis | perceptīvitātum |
| dative | perceptīvitātī | perceptīvitātibus |
| accusative | perceptīvitātem | perceptīvitātēs |
| ablative | perceptīvitāte | perceptīvitātibus |
| vocative | perceptīvitās | perceptīvitātēs |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin perceptīvitās From perceptīvus (“perceptive”) + -tās (“-ity, -ness”).
Descendants
- Englishperceptivity