LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vacuitās

vacuitās f (genitive vacuitātis)
Classical[waˈku.ɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[vaˈkuː.i.tas]

Meaning

  1. empty space, vacancy, vacuity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevacuitāsvacuitātēs
genitivevacuitātisvacuitātum
dativevacuitātīvacuitātibus
accusativevacuitātemvacuitātēs
ablativevacuitātevacuitātibus
vocativevacuitāsvacuitātēs

văcŭĭtas, ātis, f. id..
I. Lit., concr., empty space, a vacancy, vacuity: interveniorum vacuitates, Vitr. 2, 7.—
II. Transf., a being without, a freedom, absence, exemption from any thing (class.; cf. vacatio).
1. With gen.: liberatio et vacuitas omnis molestiae, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: doloris, id. ib. 2, 5, 16; 2, 6, 18; 2, 11, 35; 2, 12, 37: aegritudinis, id. Tusc. 5, 14, 42.—
2. With ab and abl.: vacuitas ab angoribus, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—
B. Esp., a vacancy in an office: consulum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vacuitās From vacuus (“empty”, “vacant”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanvacuïtat
  • Englishvacuity
  • Frenchvacuité
  • Italianvacuità
  • Portuguesevacuidade
  • Romanianvacuitate
  • Spanishvacuidad
  • Galicianvacuidade

In English words that came into English from vacuitās

  • vacuityvacuitās

Quick answers

What does vacuitās mean in Latin?
vacuitās, a noun, means “empty space, vacancy, vacuity”.
What is the genitive of vacuitās?
The genitive singular is vacuitātis. vacuitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vacuitās?
In classical Latin, [waˈku.ɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vaˈkuː.i.tas].