LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

possibilitās

possibilitās f (genitive possibilitātis)

Meaning

  1. possibility
  2. power (to do something)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepossibilitāspossibilitātēs
genitivepossibilitātispossibilitātum
dativepossibilitātīpossibilitātibus
accusativepossibilitātempossibilitātēs
ablativepossibilitātepossibilitātibus
vocativepossibilitāspossibilitātēs

possĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. possibilis,
I. ability to do a thing, possibility, power (post-class.), Arn. 1, 25: fandi, Mart. Cap. 4, § 335: pro possibilitate, according to ability or strength, Amm. 19, 2, 15; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 8.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin possibilitās From possibilis + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanpossibilitat
  • Englishpossibility
  • Frenchpossibilité
  • Italianpossibilità
  • Portuguesepossibilidade
  • Romanianposibilitate
  • Spanishposibilidad
  • Romanshpussaivladad
  • Galicianposibilidade
  • Interlinguapossibilitate

In English words that came into English from possibilitās

  • possibilitypossibilitās

Quick answers

What does possibilitās mean in Latin?
possibilitās, a noun, means “possibility; power (to do something)”.
What is the genitive of possibilitās?
The genitive singular is possibilitātis. possibilitās is feminine, third declension.