LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

virginitās

virginitās f (genitive virginitātis)
Classical[wɪrˈɡɪ.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. virginity, maidenhood

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevirginitāsvirginitātēs
genitivevirginitātisvirginitātum
dativevirginitātīvirginitātibus
accusativevirginitātemvirginitātēs
ablativevirginitātevirginitātibus
vocativevirginitāsvirginitātēs

virgĭnĭtas, ātis, f. virgo,
I. maidenhood, virginity, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Verg. A. 12, 141; Ov. M. 1, 487; 1, 695; 3, 255; Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 154; Stat. Achill. 1, 292; Val. Fl. 6, 449; App. M. 5, p. 160, 24.—
II. Transf., concr. = virgines (late Lat.): adulta virginitas castitasque nuptarum flens ultima ducebatur, Amm. 31, 8, 8.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin virginitās From virgō (“virgin, maiden”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanvirginitat
  • Englishvirginity
  • Frenchvirginité
  • Italianverginità
  • Occitanvirginitat
  • Portuguesevirgindade
  • Romanianvirginitate
  • Spanishvirginidad
  • Galicianvirxinidade

In English words that came into English from virginitās

  • virginityvirginitās

Quick answers

What does virginitās mean in Latin?
virginitās, a noun, means “virginity, maidenhood”.
What is the genitive of virginitās?
The genitive singular is virginitātis. virginitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce virginitās?
In classical Latin, [wɪrˈɡɪ.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.tas].