LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sodālitās

sodālitās f (genitive sodālitātis)
Classical[sɔˈdaː.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[soˈdaː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. close association, fellowship, brotherhood
  2. an association, club, society
  3. a group
  4. a religious fraternity
  5. an electioneering gang
  6. banquet-club (gathered to eat and dine together)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesodālitāssodālitātēs
genitivesodālitātissodālitātum
dativesodālitātīsodālitātibus
accusativesodālitātemsodālitātēs
ablativesodālitātesodālitātibus
vocativesodālitāssodālitātēs

sŏdālĭtas, ātis, f. sodalis.
I. Lit., fellowship, companionship, brotherhood, friendship, intimacy; abstr. and concr. (class.; cf. societas): sodalitas familiaritasque, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94: summā nobilitate homo, cognatione, sodalitate, collegio, id. Brut. 45, 166: intima sodalitas, Tac. A. 15, 68.—Concr.: nunc ego de sodalitate solus sum orator datus, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 5. —Plur.: aliquem a sodalitatibus abducere, Gell. 20, 4, 3.—
II. Transf.
A. A society, association of any kind, esp. for religious purposes (syn. sodalicium): fera quaedam sodalitas et plane pastoricia germanorum Lupercorum, Cic. Cael. 11, 26: SODALITAS PVDICITIAE SERVANDAE, Inscr. Orell. 2401.—
B. A company assembled for feasting, a banqueting - club: sodalitates autem me quaestore constitutae sunt sacris Idaeis ... epulabar igitur cum sodalibus modice, etc., Cic. Sen. 13, 45.—
C. In a bad sense, an unlawful secret society: eodem die senatus consultum factum est, ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; id. Planc. 15, 37.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin sodālitās From sodālis (“companion, mate, fellow, comrade”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishsodality
  • Frenchsodalité
  • Italiansodalità
  • Spanishsodalidad
  • Dutchsodaliteit

In English words that came into English from sodālitās

  • sodalitysodālitās

Quick answers

What does sodālitās mean in Latin?
sodālitās, a noun, means “close association, fellowship, brotherhood; an association, club, society; a group”.
What is the genitive of sodālitās?
The genitive singular is sodālitātis. sodālitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sodālitās?
In classical Latin, [sɔˈdaː.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [soˈdaː.li.tas].