LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

prōlixitās

prōlixitās f (genitive prōlixitātis)

Meaning

  1. great extent, long duration
  2. excess, especially (of speech) prolixity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprōlixitāsprōlixitātēs
genitiveprōlixitātisprōlixitātum
dativeprōlixitātīprōlixitātibus
accusativeprōlixitātemprōlixitātēs
ablativeprōlixitāteprōlixitātibus
vocativeprōlixitāsprōlixitātēs

prōlixĭtas, ātis, f. prolixus.
1. Great length, breadth, or width, great extension (post-class.): terrae, App. de Mundo, p. 60, 21: colubra prolixitatis immensae, Arn. 7, 250: temporis, length of time, Dig. 36, 1, 22. —
2. Of speech, prolixity: ne forte prolixitas fastidium audientiae pariat, Arn. 4, 138: litterarum, Symm. Ep. 2, 8.

Origins

From prōlixus (“extended, held forth”) + -tās (“-ity: forming abstract nouns”), from prō (“for, forth”) + laxus (“lax, yielding”).

Descendants
  • Catalanprolixitat
  • Italianprolissità
  • Occitanprolixitat
  • Frenchprolixitéfrom Old French prolixite
  • Englishprolixityfrom Old French prolixite
  • Portugueseprolixidade
  • Spanishprolijidad
  • Galicianprolixidade

In English words that came into English from prōlixitās

  • prolixityprōlixitās

Quick answers

What does prōlixitās mean in Latin?
prōlixitās, a noun, means “great extent, long duration; excess, especially (of speech) prolixity”.
What is the genitive of prōlixitās?
The genitive singular is prōlixitātis. prōlixitās is feminine, third declension.