LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

societās

societās f (genitive societātis)
Classical[sɔˈki.ɛ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[soˈt͡ʃiː.e.tas]

Meaning

  1. society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose)
    Vir amīcālis ad societātem, magis amīcus erit quam frāter. A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.18.24
  2. metonymicallya company or society (those united for a common purpose)
  3. broadlya copartnership, membership, or association (a union for trading purposes)
  4. broadlya share, stake (membership in a partnership or association)
  5. broadlya league, alliance, confederacy (a union or association for political purposes)

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Fœdus · Societas

Fœdus (πεποιθός) is an engagement for mutual security, on the ground of a sacred contract; whereas societas, an engagement to some undertaking in common on the ground of a mere agreement. Liv. xxiv. 6. Hieronymus legatos Carthaginem mittit ad fœdus ex societate faciendum. Sall. Jug. 14. Cic. Phil. ii. 35. Neque ullam societatem . . . . fœdere ullo confirmari posse credidi. (vi. 132.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesocietāssocietātēs
genitivesocietātissocietātum
dativesocietātīsocietātibus
accusativesocietātemsocietātēs
ablativesocietātesocietātibus
vocativesocietāssocietātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vitae societas
social life.
societatem inire, facere cum aliquo
to associate with some one.
dissipatos homines in (ad) societatem vitae convocare (Tusc. 1. 25. 62)
to unite isolated individuals into a society.
eiusdem linguae societate coniunctum esse cum aliquo (De Or. 3. 59. 223)
to be united by having a common language.

sŏcĭĕtas, ātis, f. id.,
I. fellowship, association, union, community, society (implying union for a common purpose; cf.: conjunctio, consociatio; and not a mere assembly; cf.: circulus, coetus; conventus, sodalitas; freq. and class.).
I. In gen.: hominum inter ipsos societas conjunctioque, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 28: (nos) natos esse ad societatem communitatemque generis humani, id. Fin. 4, 2, 4: societas generis humani, quam conciliavit ipsa natura, id. Lael. 5, 20: fides et societas generis humani, id. N. D. 1, 2, 4: societas et communicatio utilitatum, id. Fin. 5, 23, 65: nulla societas nobis cum tyrannis, sed potius summa distractio est, id. Off. 3, 6, 32: societatem cum aliquo coire ... dirimere, id. Phil. 2, 10, 24: societatem coire de municipis cognitique fortunis cum alienissimo, id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87: quasi societatem coit conparandi cibi, id. N. D. 2, 48, 123: societatem confirmare, id. Phil. 2, 35, 89: nefarias pactiones societatesque conflare, id. Har. Resp. 20, 42: consiliorum omnium societas, id. Brut. 1, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 3: juris, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49: humanitatis, id. ib. 2, 26, 48: beate et honeste vivendi, id. ib. 4, 3, 3: gravitatis cum humanitate, id. Leg. 3, 1, 1: belli, Sall. C. 40, 1: omnium facinorum sibi cum Dolabellā societatem initam confiteri, Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 36: nominum, names in common, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 218 et saep.; cf.: nulla sancta societas nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26, and id. Rep. 1, 32 (Trag. v. 411 Vahl.): neque naturae est societas ulla cum somniis, Cic. Div. 2, 71, 147.—
II. In partic.
A. A copartnership, association for trading purposes.
1. In abstr.: qui societatem cum Sex. Naevio fecerit, etc.... fecit societatem earum rerum, quae in Galliā comparabantur, Cic. Quint. 3, 11: qui magnā fide societatem gererent, etc., id. ib. 3, 13: cum annos jam compluris societas esset, id. ib. 4, 14: quae (pecunia) tibi ex societate debeatur, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16: societatem contrahere, Dig. 17, 2, 5; 17, 2, 74: coire, ib. 17, 2, 1 sq.; 17, 2, 5.—Plur.: societates contrahuntur sive universorum bonorum, sive negotiationis alicujus, sive vectigalis, sive etiam rei unius, Dig. 17, 2, 5.—
2. In concr., a company or society of the farmers of the public revenue: nulla Romae societas vectigalium, nullum collegium aut concilium, etc., Cic. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Fam. 13, 9, 2: si omnes societates venerunt, quarum ex numero multi sedent judices, id. Mur. 33, 69: provinciarum, Caes. B. C. 3, 3 fin.: maximarum societatum auctor, Cic. Planc. 13, 32; Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118. —
B. A political league, an alliance, confederacy: cum Ptolemaeo societas erat facta, Caes. B. C. 3, 107 fin.: Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt, id. B. G. 6, 2: Leptitani Romam miserant amicitiam societatemque rogatum, Sall. J. 77, 2; so with amicitia, id. ib. 83, 1: impellere ad societatem belli, id. C. 40, 1: cum Lacedaemonii in societate non manerent, Nep. Con. 2, 2: Ioniam a societate averterunt Atheniensium, id. Alcib. 4, 7: societatem alicujus induere, Tac. A. 12, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsocietās

Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin societās From socius + -tās.

Descendants
  • Italiansoccida
  • Italiansoccita
  • Catalansocietat
  • Italiansocietà
  • Occitansocietat
  • Frenchsociétéfrom Old French societé
  • GermanSozietätfrom Old French societé
  • Romaniansocietatefrom Old French societé
  • Englishsocietyfrom Old French societé
  • Portuguesesociedade

In English words that came into English from societās

  • societysocietās
  • societismsocietās

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesSocietasSocietas partnership, is the name of a contract which arises when two or more persons agree together to conduct for their joint account any lawful bus…

Quick answers

What does societās mean in Latin?
societās, a noun, means “society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or society (those united for a common purpose)”.
What is the genitive of societās?
The genitive singular is societātis. societās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce societās?
In classical Latin, [sɔˈki.ɛ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [soˈt͡ʃiː.e.tas].
Where does societās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ → Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy → Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós → Proto-Italic *sokjos → Latin societās.