LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

populāritās

populāritās f (genitive populāritātis)
Classical[pɔ.pʊˈɫaː.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[po.puˈlaː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. post Augustanpopularity: an effort to please the people, a courting of popular favors
    Mox coepta generosior iuventa albos ossibus Italis Philippos et Pharsalica bella detonabis, quo fulmen ducis inter arma divi, libertate gravem pia Catonem89 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 2.VII.64–VII.69
    Quanto rarior apud Tiberium popularitas tanto laetioribus animis accepta.c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.69
  2. Old Latinan ethnic affinity
    O mi popularis, salve. — Et tu edepol, quisquis es. Et si quid opus est, quaeso, dic atque imperac. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.2.79–81
  3. Late Latina population, inhabitants
    Denique, maior popularitas generis humani, ne nominis quidem Mosis compotes, nedum instrumenti, Deum Mosis tamen norunt, etiam tantam idololatria dominationem obumbrante;[…]207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem 1.10

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepopulāritāspopulāritātēs
genitivepopulāritātispopulāritātum
dativepopulāritātīpopulāritātibus
accusativepopulāritātempopulāritātēs
ablativepopulāritātepopulāritātibus
vocativepopulāritāspopulāritātēs

pŏpŭlārĭtas, ātis, f. popularis. *
I. (Acc. to popularis, II. A.) A being of the same country, fellow-citizenship: popularitatis causa, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 81.—
II. (Acc. to popularis, II. B.) Popularity, but only subjectively, an effort to please the people, a courting of popular favor, popular bearing (post-Aug.): ne quid popularitatis praetermitteret, Suet. Tit. 8; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 53: quanto rarior apud Tiberium popularitas, tanto, etc., Tac. A. 3, 69: gratus popularitate, Stat. S. 2, 7, 69.—
III. Transf., the population, inhabitants (late Lat.), Tert. Anim. 30; id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*poplos
  2. Old Latinpopulus
  3. Latinpopulāritās

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populāris Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin populāritās From populāris + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishpopularity
  • Frenchpopularité

In English words that came into English from populāritās

  • popularitypopulāritās

Quick answers

What does populāritās mean in Latin?
populāritās, a noun, means “popularity: an effort to please the people, a courting of popular favors; an ethnic affinity; a population, inhabitants”.
What is the genitive of populāritās?
The genitive singular is populāritātis. populāritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce populāritās?
In classical Latin, [pɔ.pʊˈɫaː.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [po.puˈlaː.ri.tas].
Where does populāritās come from?
Proto-Italic *poplos → Old Latin populus → Latin populāritās.