LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ūnitās

ūnitās f (genitive ūnitātis)
Classical[ˈuː.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided
  2. sameness, uniformity
  3. agreement, concord

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeūnitāsūnitātēs
genitiveūnitātisūnitātum
dativeūnitātīūnitātibus
accusativeūnitātemūnitātēs
ablativeūnitāteūnitātibus
vocativeūnitāsūnitātēs

ūnĭtas, ātis, f. unus,
I. the state of being one, oneness, unity.
I. Lit.: singularis numeri unitas. Gell. 19, 8, 11: linum duplex triplexve sic tortum. ut unitas in eo facta sit, Cels. 7, 4, 4: Monotes et Henotes, id est solitas et unitas, Tert. adv. Valent. 37: alv ei, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48: mundi, Just. 2, 1, 14: in unitatem coire, Cels. 4, 19: inter se implicantur et quasi unitatem faciunt, Col. 11. 3, 43.—
II. Trop.
A. Sameness, uniformity: si alterum horum diceretur Priamus alterum Hecuba, nullam unitatem assignificaret, quae apparet in lego et legi et in Priamus et Priamo, Varr. L. L. 8, § 3 Müll; foliorum unitas in suo cuique genere permanet, praeterquam populo, hederae, etc., Plin. 16, 22, 35, § 85: in unitatem venit equester ordo, are brought under one name (that of Equites), id. 33, 2, 8, § 32.—
B. Unity of sentiment, agreement, concord virtutes ibi esse debebunt, ubi consensus atque unitas erit: dissident vitia, Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnitās

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ūnitās From ūnus (“one”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanunitat
  • Englishunity
  • Englishunit
  • Frenchunitéfrom Old French unité
  • GermanEinheit
  • Italianunità
  • Portugueseunidade
  • Romanianunitate
  • Spanishunidadfrom Old Spanish unidad
  • Corsicanunità

Quick answers

What does ūnitās mean in Latin?
ūnitās, a noun, means “oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided; sameness, uniformity”.
What is the genitive of ūnitās?
The genitive singular is ūnitātis. ūnitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ūnitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈuː.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈuː.ni.tas].
Where does ūnitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ís? → Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos → Proto-Italic *oinos → Old Latin oinos → Latin ūnitās.