LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

saevitās

saevitās f (genitive saevitātis)
Classical[ˈsae̯.wɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.vi.tas]

Meaning

  1. rarerage, violence, fury

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesaevitāssaevitātēs
genitivesaevitātissaevitātum
dativesaevitātīsaevitātibus
accusativesaevitātemsaevitātēs
ablativesaevitātesaevitātibus
vocativesaevitāssaevitātēs

saevĭtas, ātis, f. saevus,
I. rage, violence, fury (late Lat.), Prud. στεφ. 10, 483; Firm. Math. 5, 5; Ambros. in Luc. 9, § 32; id. de Spirit. Sanc. 3, 16, 117.

Origins

From saevus (“savage, furious”) + -tās. Rare variant of saevitia.

Quick answers

What does saevitās mean in Latin?
saevitās, a noun, means “rage, violence, fury”.
What is the genitive of saevitās?
The genitive singular is saevitātis. saevitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce saevitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈsae̯.wɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɛː.vi.tas].