LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

profunditās

profunditās f (genitive profunditātis)

Meaning

  1. depth
  2. vastness, immensity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprofunditāsprofunditātēs
genitiveprofunditātisprofunditātum
dativeprofunditātīprofunditātibus
accusativeprofunditātemprofunditātēs
ablativeprofunditāteprofunditātibus
vocativeprofunditāsprofunditātēs

prŏfundĭtas, ātis, f. profundus,
I. depth (post - class.).
I. Lit.: corporum tres sunt dimensiones, longitudo, latitudo, profunditas, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 36: aquarum, Cassiod. Var. 2, 21.—
II. Trop., vastness, immensity, Hadrian. ap. Vop. Sat. 8: disciplinae, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7, 3: prudentiae, id. ib. 1, 3, 12: ingenii, id. ib. 2, 2, 1.—
2. Depth, intensity, darkness: tenebrarum, Macr. S. 1, 20, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tas Latin profunditās From profundus + -tas.

Descendants
  • Catalanprofunditat
  • Englishprofundity
  • Italianprofondità
  • Portugueseprofundidade
  • Romanianprofunditate
  • Spanishprofundidad

In English words that came into English from profunditās

  • profundityprofunditās

Quick answers

What does profunditās mean in Latin?
profunditās, a noun, means “depth; vastness, immensity”.
What is the genitive of profunditās?
The genitive singular is profunditātis. profunditās is feminine, third declension.