LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vīcīnitās

vīcīnitās f (genitive vīcīnitātis)
Classical[wiːˈkiː.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[viˈt͡ʃiː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. neighborhood
  2. nearness, proximity, vicinity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīcīnitāsvīcīnitātēs
genitivevīcīnitātisvīcīnitātum
dativevīcīnitātīvīcīnitātibus
accusativevīcīnitātemvīcīnitātēs
ablativevīcīnitātevīcīnitātibus
vocativevīcīnitāsvīcīnitātēs

vīcīnĭtas, ātis, f. id.,
I. neighborhood, nearness, proximity, vicinity (class.).
I. Lit.: vel virtus tua me vel vicinitas Facit, ut te audacter moneam, etc., Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 4: propter vicinitatem totos dies simul eramus, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 5: scire hoc propter vicinitatem facile possum, id. Planc. 8, 19; cf.: quorum et vicinitas propinqua et multitudo esset infinita, Hirt. B. G. 8, 7.—Plur.: amicitiae, consuetudines, vicinitates, clientelae, ludi denique ... quid haberent voluptatis, etc., Cic. Red. Quir. 1, 3; cf. B. 2. infra.—
B. Transf., concr.
1. The neighborhood, vicinity, region: in Umbriā atque in eā vicinitate, Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48.—
2. Neighborhood, i. q. neighbors (class.): si te libenter vicinitas videbit, Cato, R. R. 4: signum, quod erat notum vicinitati, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96; id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8: caritas serpit foras cognationibus primum, tum affinitatibus, deinde amicitiis, post vicinitatibus, id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Planc. 9, 22; id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Nep. Alcib. 10, 3; Sall. C. 36, 1; Suet. Aug. 6; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41.— Cf. plur.: conveniet autem cum in dando munificum esse, tum in exigendo non acerbum, in omnique re contrahendā ... vicinitatibus et confiniis aequum, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64.—
II. Trop., near likeness, resemblance, similarity, congeniality, affinity: est quaedam inter epichirema et syllogismum vicinitas, Quint. 5, 10, 6: virtutibus ac vitiis, id. 3, 7, 25: excusantur vitia vicinitate vitiorum, id. 1, 5, 5: nominis (cyperi et cypiri), Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 115.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱós
  3. Proto-Italic*weikos
  4. Latinvīcīnitās

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin vīcīnus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vīcīnitās From vīcīnus (“near, neighboring”) + -tās.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesevizindadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese vezindade
  • Spanishvecindadfrom Old Spanish vezindat
  • Aragonesevezindat
  • Asturianvecindá
  • Asturianvicindá
  • Ladinovizindadofrom Old Spanish vezindat
Borrowings
  • Englishvicinity
  • Frenchvicinitéfrom Middle French vicinité
  • Old Occitanvicinitat
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianvecinătate
  • Aromanianvitsinãtati
  • Aromanianvitsinãtate
Italo-Romance
  • Italianvicinità

Quick answers

What does vīcīnitās mean in Latin?
vīcīnitās, a noun, means “neighborhood; nearness, proximity, vicinity”.
What is the genitive of vīcīnitās?
The genitive singular is vīcīnitātis. vīcīnitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vīcīnitās?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈkiː.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈt͡ʃiː.ni.tas].
Where does vīcīnitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *weyḱós → Proto-Italic *weikos → Latin vīcīnitās.