noun · femininethird declension
simplicitās
simplicitās f (genitive simplicitātis)
Meaning
- simplicity
- plainness, frankness, openness
- innocence, honesty, candor, integrity
Melior est pauper ambulāns in simplicitāte, suā quam dīves prāvīs itineribus. Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.28.6 - directness, ingenuousness, naturalness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | simplicitās | simplicitātēs |
| genitive | simplicitātis | simplicitātum |
| dative | simplicitātī | simplicitātibus |
| accusative | simplicitātem | simplicitātēs |
| ablative | simplicitāte | simplicitātibus |
| vocative | simplicitās | simplicitātēs |
simplĭcĭtas, ātis, f. simplex.
I. In gen., simpleness, simplicity (not freq. till after the Aug. period, esp. in the signif. II.; not found in Cic.; cf.:
candor, sinceritas): sunt solida primordia simplicitate, Lucr. 1, 609 sq.; so id. 1, 574; 2, 157: indigesta (ligni), i. e. plainness, straightness of grain, Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 97.—II. In partic., in a moral sense, plainness, frankness, openness, artlessness, innocence, honesty, candor, simplicity, directness, ingenuousness, naturalness, etc.:
juvenis incauti, Liv. 40, 23: puerilis, id. 40, 8; Vell. 2, 10, 3; 2, 43, 3 al.; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 70; Ov. H. 2, 64; id. Am. 2, 4, 18: sermo antiquae simplicitatis, Liv. 40, 47: vir simplicitatis generosissimae, of the noblest honesty, candor, Vell. 2, 125 fin.: prudens, Mart. 10, 47, 7: Romana, id. 11, 21, 10 : callidissima simplicitatis imitatio, Quint. 4, 2, 57: rarissima, Ov. A. A. 1, 242 al.: vitii, Quint. 11, 1, 21; 9, 4, 20.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
simplicitās ātis, f
simplex, simplicity, frankness, openness, artlessness, candor, directness, naturalness : iuvenis incauti, L.: placita es simplicitate tuā, O.: rarissima, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin simplicitās From simplex, simplicis + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalansimplicitat
- Frenchsimplicité
- GermanSimplizität
- Italiansemplicità
- Portuguesesimplicidade
- Romaniansimplicitate
- Spanishsimplicidad
- Galiciansimplicidade
- Siciliansimpricità