LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vāstitās

vāstitās f (genitive vāstitātis)
Classical[ˈwaːs.tɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvas.ti.tas]

Meaning

  1. waste (empty place), desert
  2. desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction
    Nunc iam apertē rem pūblicam ūniversam petis: templa deōrum immortālium, tēcta urbis, vītam omnium cīvium; Ītaliam tōtam ad exitium et vāstitātem vocās.Already now you openly attack the entire state: the temples of the immortal gods, the dwellings of the city, the life of all citizens; you summon all of Italy to ruin and devastation.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.12
  3. immensity, vastness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāstitāsvāstitātēs
genitivevāstitātisvāstitātum
dativevāstitātīvāstitātibus
accusativevāstitātemvāstitātēs
ablativevāstitātevāstitātibus
vocativevāstitāsvāstitātēs

vastĭtas, ātis, f. vastus,
I. an empty place, a waste, desert.
I. Lit.: te propter tot tantasque habemus vastitatis funerum, Att. ap. Non. 417, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 175 Rib.): audistis, quae solitudo in agris esset, quae vastitas, quae fuga aratorum, quam deserta, quam inculta, quam relicta omnia, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 114; so (with solitudo) Tac. A. 13, 55: judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 6, 21.—
II. Transf. (acc. to vastus, II.).
A. Desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction: cum caedem a vobis, vastitatem a templis, urbe, Italiā depellebam, Cic. Fl. 1, 1: Italiam totam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas, id. Cat. 1, 5, 12: vastitatem efficere, id. Pis. 35, 85: inferre vastitatem tectis atque agris, id. Har. Resp. 2, 3: ut studiis civilibus bellum atque vastitas Italiae finem faceret, Sall. J. 5, 2: vastitatem reddere, Liv. 3, 26, 2: et plus vastitatis hinc urbi secunda nostra fortuna faciet, quam adversa fecit? id. 5, 51, 3: fugam ac vastitatem late fecerunt, id. 8, 9, 12: protritis arboribus ac frugibus dira vastitas, Tac. H. 2, 70.—
2. Trop., of persons: et has duplices pestis sociorum, publicanorum ruinas, provinciarum vastitates, destroyers, Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.—
B. Terrible size, hugeness, immensity, vastness (post-Aug.; but cf. vastus, II. B.): beluae pari vastitate, of like vast size, Col. 3, 8, 3: roborum Hercyniae silvae, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6; cf.: immensa aequorum, id. 3, praef. 1, § 1: hostis formidandae vastitatis, Gell. 9, 13, 4: caeli, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110: solis, id. 2, 11, 8, § 49: odoris, id. 31, 6, 32, § 60: vocis, Col. 1, 9, 2. —
2. Trop.: vastitas instantis laboris, the fearful magnitude, immensity, vastness, Col. 4, 18, 2: scientiae rei rusticae, id. 5, 1, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vāstitās From vāstus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishvastityfrom Middle French vastité
  • Middle Englishwastite

In English words that came into English from vāstitās

  • vastityvāstitās

Quick answers

What does vāstitās mean in Latin?
vāstitās, a noun, means “waste (empty place), desert; desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction; immensity, vastness”.
What is the genitive of vāstitās?
The genitive singular is vāstitātis. vāstitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vāstitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈwaːs.tɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvas.ti.tas].