LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sublīmitās

sublīmitās f (genitive sublīmitātis)
Classical[sʊbˈliː.mɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[subˈliː.mi.tas]

Meaning

  1. height, loftiness
  2. sublimity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesublīmitāssublīmitātēs
genitivesublīmitātissublīmitātum
dativesublīmitātīsublīmitātibus
accusativesublīmitātemsublīmitātēs
ablativesublīmitātesublīmitātibus
vocativesublīmitāssublīmitātēs

sublīmĭtas, ātis, f. sublimis,
I. height, loftiness (post-Aug.; cf. altitudo).
I. Lit.: corporis, Quint. 12, 5, 5: cellarum, Col. 8, 3, 3: cucurbitarum, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69.—In plur.: lunae, Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: sublimitas incomparabilis invicti animi, Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94: in picturā, id. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
B. In partic., of language, loftiness, elevation, sublimity (while elevatio means disparagement): heroici carminis, Quint. 1, 8, 5; cf.: ab his (poëtis) in verbis sublimitas petitur, id. 10, 1, 27: sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor, id. 8, 3, 3: narrandi (with splendor), Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4: Platonica illa sublimitas, id. ib. 1, 10, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin sublīmitās From sublīmus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishsublimity
  • Frenchsublimité
  • Italiansublimità
  • Portuguesesublimidade
  • Romaniansublimitate
  • Spanishsublimidad
  • Galiciansublimidade

In English words that came into English from sublīmitās

  • sublimitysublīmitās

Quick answers

What does sublīmitās mean in Latin?
sublīmitās, a noun, means “height, loftiness; sublimity”.
What is the genitive of sublīmitās?
The genitive singular is sublīmitātis. sublīmitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sublīmitās?
In classical Latin, [sʊbˈliː.mɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈliː.mi.tas].