LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sincēritās

sincēritās f (genitive sincēritātis)
Classical[sɪŋˈkeː.rɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.tas]

Meaning

  1. integrity, honesty
  2. soundness, wholeness
  3. moral purity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesincēritāssincēritātēs
genitivesincēritātissincēritātum
dativesincēritātīsincēritātibus
accusativesincēritātemsincēritātēs
ablativesincēritātesincēritātibus
vocativesincēritāssincēritātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

integritas, sinceritas orationis (not puritas)
purity of style.

sincērĭtas, ātis, f. sincerus,
I. cleanness, purity, soundness, wholeness (not anteAug.).
I. Lit.: pura (olei), Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22: firma capitis, Pall. 1, 3: corporis, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: alia convertenda, quae sinceritatem habent, Col. 4, 26.—
II. Trop.: nec summum bonum habebit sinceritatem suam, si, etc., Sen. Vit. Beat. 15: summa vitae, moral purity, Val. Max. 5, 3, 2 ext.: ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity (with recte loqui), Phaedr. 4, 13, 3; so (with probitas) Gell. 14, 2, 5: verborum (with veritas), id. 2, 23, 21.—
B. Esp.: sinceritas tua, a form of complimentary address to certain inferior dignitaries, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 26; Cod. Theod. 2, 1, 8; 10, 15, 4; 7, 1, 9.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin sincēritās From sincērus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalansinceritat
  • Frenchsincérité
  • Italiansincerità
  • Portuguesesinceridade
  • Romaniansinceritate
  • Spanishsinceridad
  • Galiciansinceridade

In English words that came into English from sincēritās

  • sinceritysincēritās

Quick answers

What does sincēritās mean in Latin?
sincēritās, a noun, means “integrity, honesty; soundness, wholeness; moral purity”.
What is the genitive of sincēritās?
The genitive singular is sincēritātis. sincēritās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sincēritās?
In classical Latin, [sɪŋˈkeː.rɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ri.tas].