LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

perversitās

perversitās f (genitive perversitātis)

Meaning

  1. frowardness, untowardness, perversity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperversitāsperversitātēs
genitiveperversitātisperversitātum
dativeperversitātīperversitātibus
accusativeperversitātemperversitātēs
ablativeperversitāteperversitātibus
vocativeperversitāsperversitātēs

perversĭtas, ātis, f. perversus,
I. frowardness, untowardness, perversity: quae est autem in hominibus tanta perversitas, ut, etc., Cic. Or. 9, 31: opinionum, id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2: magna perversitas, id. Off. 1, 40, 145: alicujus, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38: molestissima diligentiae perversitas, Quint. 1, 6, 34: morum, Suet. Aug. 62: incredibilis hominum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7.

Origins

Latin perversus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin perversitās From perversus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanperversitat
  • Frenchperversité
  • Italianperversità
  • Portugueseperversidade
  • Romanianperversitate
  • Spanishperversidad
  • Galicianperversidade

In English words that came into English from perversitās

  • perversityperversitās

Quick answers

What does perversitās mean in Latin?
perversitās, a noun, means “frowardness, untowardness, perversity”.
What is the genitive of perversitās?
The genitive singular is perversitātis. perversitās is feminine, third declension.