LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

perplexitās

perplexitās f (genitive perplexitātis)
Classical[pɛrˈpɫɛk.sɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[perˈplɛk.si.tas]

Meaning

  1. perplexity, state of bewilderment
  2. obscurity

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperplexitāsperplexitātēs
genitiveperplexitātisperplexitātum
dativeperplexitātīperplexitātibus
accusativeperplexitātemperplexitātēs
ablativeperplexitāteperplexitātibus
vocativeperplexitāsperplexitātēs

perplexĭtas, ātis, f. id.,
I. perplexity, obscurity (post-class.), Amm. 18, 6, 19.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Latin plectere Latin perplexus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin perplexitās From perplexus (“entangled, puzzled, bewildered”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanperplexitat
  • Englishperplexity
  • Frenchperplexité
  • Italianperplessità
  • Portugueseperplexidade
  • Romanianperplexitate
  • Spanishperplejidad

In English words that came into English from perplexitās

  • perplexityperplexitās

Quick answers

What does perplexitās mean in Latin?
perplexitās, a noun, means “perplexity, state of bewilderment; obscurity”.
What is the genitive of perplexitās?
The genitive singular is perplexitātis. perplexitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce perplexitās?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈpɫɛk.sɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈplɛk.si.tas].