LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pūritās

pūritās f (genitive pūritātis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfreedom from pollution, purity
  2. Late Latinmetonymicallymoral purity (freedom from mental or spiritual corruption, from sin)
    per animī nitōrem ac vītae pūritātemthrough the shining dignity of their soul and the purity of their life
  3. Late Latinmetonymicallychastity, innocence
  4. Late Latinmetonymicallyhonesty, openness
  5. Late Latinrhetoriccorrectness and elegance of speech

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepūritāspūritātēs
genitivepūritātispūritātum
dativepūritātīpūritātibus
accusativepūritātempūritātēs
ablativepūritātepūritātibus
vocativepūritāspūritātēs

pūrĭtas, ātis, f. purus,
I. cleanness, purity (post-class.).
I. Lit., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 11 fin.; of wine, Pall. 11, 14, 12.—
II. Trop.: vivendi, Capitol. Ver. 3: sermonis, Hier. Ep. 57; Vulg. Psa. 17, 21.
pūrĭtas, ātis, f. pus,
I. purulency (post-class.): sanguinis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 35.

Origins

From pūrus + -tās. Attested from the 3rd century CE.

Descendants
  • Frenchpuretéfrom Old French purté
  • Englishpurity
  • Italianpurità
  • Portuguesepuridade
  • Romanianpuritate
  • Spanishpuridad
  • Dalmatianpuritut
  • Provençalpurdà
  • Old Galician-Portuguesepuredad
  • Old Spanishporedad

In English words that came into English from pūritās

  • puritypūritās

Quick answers

What does pūritās mean in Latin?
pūritās, a noun, means “freedom from pollution, purity; moral purity (freedom from mental or spiritual corruption, from sin); correctness and elegance of speech”.
What is the genitive of pūritās?
The genitive singular is pūritātis. pūritās is feminine, third declension.