noun · femininethird declension
subtīlitās
subtīlitās f (genitive subtīlitātis)
Meaning
- fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness
- keenness, acuteness
- exactness, subtlety
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | subtīlitās | subtīlitātēs |
| genitive | subtīlitātis | subtīlitātum |
| dative | subtīlitātī | subtīlitātibus |
| accusative | subtīlitātem | subtīlitātēs |
| ablative | subtīlitāte | subtīlitātibus |
| vocative | subtīlitās | subtīlitātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- disserendi subtilitas (De Or. 1. 1. 68)
- dialectical nicety.
subtīlĭtas (supt-), ātis, f. subtilis,
I. fineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness (syn. tenuitas).
I. Lit. (mostly post-Aug.;
not in Cic.): linearum, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82: ferramentorum, the keen edge, sharpness, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: inenarrabilis florum, id. 21, 1, 1, § 1: muliebris, Vitr. 4, 1 med.: immensa animalium, Plin. 11, prooem. 1. § 1: caelandi fingendique ac tingendi, id. 35, prooem. § 1: umoris, id. 2, 65, 65, § 163. — II. Trop.
A. In gen., keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety, etc. (class.;
syn.: acumen, sollertia): sententiarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1: disputandi, id. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: ea subtilitas, quam Atticam appellant, id. Brut. 17, 67: subtilitas sermonis, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: credunt plerique militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse, Tac. Agr. 9: ingens, Petr. 31: tanta, id. 38; Sen. Ep. 113, 1: Aristoteles, vir immensae subtilitatis, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335; cf.: litterarum, id. 2, 108, 112, § 247: geometrica, id. 2, 65, 65, § 164: perversa grammaticorum, id. 35, 3, 4, § 13: subtilitas parcimoniae compendia invenit, id. 17, 22, 35, § 171: picturae summa suptilitas, id. 35, 9, 36, § 67: inutilis, Sen. Ep. 65, 16: quaedam inutilia et inefficacia ipsa subtilitas reddit, id. ib. 82, 24: nimia, id. ib 88, 43.—B. In partic., in rhet., plainness, simplicity, absence of ornament:
orationis subtilitas imitabilis quidem illa videtur esse existimanti, sed nihil est experienti minus, Cic. Or. 23, 76; id. Brut. 84, 291: suavitatem Isocrates, subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit, id. de Or. 3, 7, 28: subtilitas et elegantia scriptorum, id. Fam. 4, 4, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
subtīlitās ātis, f
subtilis, keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety : sententiarum: Attica: militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse, Ta.—Of style, plainness, simplicity, directness, absence of ornament : subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tas Latin subtīlitās From subtīlis + -tas.
Descendants
- Englishsubtility
- Frenchsubtilité
- Englishsubtletyfrom Old French sotileté
- Italiansottilità
- GermanSubtilität
In English words that came into English from subtīlitās
- subtletysubtīlitās