LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

prosperitās

prosperitās f (genitive prosperitātis)

Meaning

  1. success
  2. prosperity
    prosperitās stultōrum perdet illōs the prosperity of fools shall destroy them (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.1.32
  3. joy, approbation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprosperitāsprosperitātēs
genitiveprosperitātisprosperitātum
dativeprosperitātīprosperitātibus
accusativeprosperitātemprosperitātēs
ablativeprosperitāteprosperitātibus
vocativeprosperitāsprosperitātēs

prospĕrĭtas, ātis, f. prosper,
I. desirable condition, good fortune, success, prosperity (rare but good prose): vitae, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 86: honestarum rerum, id. Fragm. ap. Amm. 21, 16, 13: tantā prosperitate usus est valetudinis, ut, etc., such a desirable state of health, such full health, Nep. Att. 21, 1.—In plur.: improborum prosperitates secundaeque res, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: ventorum, App. M. 11, p. 270, 21: summarum rerum, Amm. 17, 4, 6: currentes ex voto, id. 22, 8, 6; Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 14.—
II. Joy, approbation: quod est prosperitatis indicium plenum, Amm. 15, 8, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin prosperitās From prosperus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanprosperitat
  • GermanProsperität
  • Italianprosperità
  • Occitanprosperitat
  • Frenchprospéritéfrom Old French prosperitet
  • Romanianprosperitatefrom Old French prosperitet
  • Englishprosperityfrom Old French prosperitet
  • Portugueseprosperidade
  • Spanishprosperidad
  • Galicianprosperidade

In English words that came into English from prosperitās

  • prosperityprosperitās

Quick answers

What does prosperitās mean in Latin?
prosperitās, a noun, means “success; prosperity; joy, approbation”.
What is the genitive of prosperitās?
The genitive singular is prosperitātis. prosperitās is feminine, third declension.