LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

rotunditās

rotunditās f (genitive rotunditātis)

Meaning

  1. roundness, rotundity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerotunditāsrotunditātēs
genitiverotunditātisrotunditātum
dativerotunditātīrotunditātibus
accusativerotunditātemrotunditātēs
ablativerotunditāterotunditātibus
vocativerotunditāsrotunditātēs

rŏtundĭtas, ātis,f. rotundus,
I. a round shape, roundness, rotundity (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: gemma rotunditatis absolutae, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190; so id. 18, 13, 34, § 130; 16, 23, 35, § 86; 19, 5, 25, § 76 al.—
II. Trop.: verborum, a roundness, smoothness, Macr. S. 7, 5: Symmachi, Sid. Ep. 1, 1.—Concr., a circular space: rotunditas dimidii cubiti, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 35.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin rotunditās From rotundus + -tās.

Borrowed
  • Catalanrotunditat
  • Frenchrotondité
  • Italianrotondità
  • Portugueserotundidade
  • Spanishrotundidad
  • Galicianrotundidade
Inherited
  • Italianritondità
  • Old Frenchrundeté

In English words that came into English from rotunditās

  • rotundityrotunditās

Quick answers

What does rotunditās mean in Latin?
rotunditās, a noun, means “roundness, rotundity”.
What is the genitive of rotunditās?
The genitive singular is rotunditātis. rotunditās is feminine, third declension.