noun · femininethird declension
sevēritās
sevēritās f (genitive sevēritātis)
Meaning
- seriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severity
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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Severitas · Gravitas · Strenuitas
Severitas (αὐηρότης) means earnestness, so far as it is seated in the mind; gravitas (from γεραιός) so far as it makes an impression on others; strenuitas (from στρηνής, δραίνω) so far as it shows itself in action. (ii. 129.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sevēritās | sevēritātēs |
| genitive | sevēritātis | sevēritātum |
| dative | sevēritātī | sevēritātibus |
| accusative | sevēritātem | sevēritātēs |
| ablative | sevēritāte | sevēritātibus |
| vocative | sevēritās | sevēritātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- severitatem adhibere
- to show that one is serious.
- vultum componere ad severitatem
- to put on a stern air.
- exemplum (severitatis) edere in aliquo (Q. Fr. 1. 2. 2. 5)
- to inflict an exemplary punishment on some one.
sĕvērĭtas, ātis, f. 1. severus,
I. seriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severity, in a good and bad sense (class. and very freq.;
syn. gravitas): tristis severitas inest in vultu, Ter. And. 5, 2, 16: severitatem in senectute probo: acerbitatem nullo modo, Cic. Sen. 18, 65 (opp. lepos); id. Off. 1, 37, 134: censorum, id. Rep. 4, 6, 15; cf. Val. Max. 2, 9.—Plur.: censorum severitates, Gell. 4, 20, 1: tristitia et in omni re severitas, Cic. Lael. 18, 66; cf.: homo ipsā tristitiā et severitate popularis, id. Brut. 25, 97: si illius comitatem et facilitatem tuae gravitati severitatique asperseris, id. Mur. 31, 66; so (opp. comitas) id. Brut. 40, 148; (opp. mansuetudo et misericordia) Sall. C. 54, 2; (opp hilaritas risusque) Cic. Brut. 93, 322: T. Torquatus cum illam severitatem in eo filio adhibuit, quem, etc., id. Fin. 1, 7, 24: evellere se aculeum severitatis vestrae, id. Clu. 55, 152: laetissimae vir severitatis, Vell. 2, 127, 4: Catoni severitas dignitatem addiderat, Sall. C. 54, 2: commodare magnis peccatis severitatem, Tac. Agr. 19: summa severitas animadversionis, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7: exempli, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 7: judiciorum (opp. lenitas ac misericordia), id. Sull. 33, 92: imperii, Caes. B. G. 7, 4; cf.: militarem disciplinam severitatemque minuere, Auct. B. Alex. 48 fin.; 65: nimia emendationis severitas, Quint. 2, 4, 10: disciplinae, id. 2, 2, 4: orationis, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 6: hac severitate aurium laetor, this severity of taste, id. ib. 3, 18, 9.—II. Transf.:
etiam corruptissimo in genere magis tamen juvat quaedam ipsius viti severitas, rudeness, crudeness, Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sevēritās ātis, f
severus, seriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severity : Tristis in voltu, T.: severitatem in senectute probo: in omni re: severitatem res ipsa flagitat: iudiciorum: Catoni severitas dignitatem addiderat, S.: magnis peccatis severitatem commodare, Ta.: exempli: imperi, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tas Latin sevēritās From sevērus + -tas.
Descendants
- Catalanseveritat
- Englishseverity
- Frenchsévérité
- Italianseverità
- Portugueseseveridade
- Spanishseveridad
- Galicianseveridade
- Siciliansivirità