noun · femininethird declension
varietās
varietās f (genitive varietātis)
Classical[waˈri.ɛ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[vaˈriː.e.tas]
Meaning
- difference, diversity, variety
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | varietās | varietātēs |
| genitive | varietātis | varietātum |
| dative | varietātī | varietātibus |
| accusative | varietātem | varietātēs |
| ablative | varietāte | varietātibus |
| vocative | varietās | varietātēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- caeli varietas
- variable climate.
vărĭĕtas, ātis, f. varius,
I. difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;
voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates, Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: florum omnium, id. Sen. 15, 54: Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit, id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates, id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92: varietates vocum, id. ib. 2, 3, 9: caeli, id. ib. 1, 36, 79: rerum publicarum, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum, i. e. changes, vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21: (Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus, id. de Or. 2, 14, 58: esse in varietate ac dissensione, variety of opinion, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: voluntatis, difference of wish, id. Att. 1, 17, 1: utilitatis varietates, id. Rep. 1, 32, 49: nec varietatem natura patitur, id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: ad varietates annonae horreum fore, vicissitudes, Liv. 7, 31, 1: figurarum, Quint. 10, 2, 1: juris, id. 3, 6, 90: nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant, Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66: cum videamus tot varietates circumagi, fluctuations of fortune, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—II. Transf., varied clothing, colored attire:
circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus, Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
varietās ātis, f
varius, difference, diversity, variety: varietas . . . proprie in disparibus coloribus dicitur, sed transfertur in multa disparia: florum omnium: sententiarum varietate abundantissimus.—A kind, variety, species, sort: in omni varietate artium excellere: varietates vocum.— Fig., difference, variance, disagreement, dissension: esse in varietate ac dissensione, division: cum fieret sine ullā varietate discessio, i. e. a unanimous vote.—A change, vicissitude, inconstancy, fickleness: bellum in multā varietate versatum, i. e. vicissitudes: qui in eius (i. e. fortunae) varietate sunt versati, have experience of its fickleness: ad varietates annonae horreum fore, vicissitudes, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-? Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós ▲ Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu. Proto-Italic *-jos Proto-Italic *wasios? Latin varius Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin varietās From varius (“diverse, various”) + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalanvarietat
- Englishvariety
- Frenchvariété
- Italianvarietà
- Portuguesevariedade
- Spanishvariedad
- Indonesianvarietas
In English words that came into English from varietās
- varietyvarietās