LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

verbōsitās

verbōsitās f (genitive verbōsitātis)
Classical[wɛrˈboː.sɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[verˈbɔː.s̬i.tas]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinverbosity, wordiness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeverbōsitāsverbōsitātēs
genitiveverbōsitātisverbōsitātum
dativeverbōsitātīverbōsitātibus
accusativeverbōsitātemverbōsitātēs
ablativeverbōsitāteverbōsitātibus
vocativeverbōsitāsverbōsitātēs

verbōsĭtas, ātis, f. verbosus,
I. multiplicity of words, wordiness, verbosity (postclass.), Prud. στεφ. 10, 551; Symm. Ep. 8, 47.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin verbōsitās From verbōsus (“verbose”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • GermanVerbosität
  • Italianverbosità
  • Frenchverbositéfrom Middle French verbosité
  • Englishverbosityfrom Middle French verbosité
  • Portugueseverbosidade
  • Galicianverbosidade

In English words that came into English from verbōsitās

  • verbosityverbōsitās

Quick answers

What does verbōsitās mean in Latin?
verbōsitās, a noun, means “verbosity, wordiness”.
What is the genitive of verbōsitās?
The genitive singular is verbōsitātis. verbōsitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce verbōsitās?
In classical Latin, [wɛrˈboː.sɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [verˈbɔː.s̬i.tas].