LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

volūbilitās

volūbilitās f (genitive volūbilitātis)

Meaning

  1. a rapid whirling motion
  2. rapidity, fluency, volubility

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevolūbilitāsvolūbilitātēs
genitivevolūbilitātisvolūbilitātum
dativevolūbilitātīvolūbilitātibus
accusativevolūbilitātemvolūbilitātēs
ablativevolūbilitātevolūbilitātibus
vocativevolūbilitāsvolūbilitātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

volubilitas, solutio linguae
volubility.

vŏlūbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. volubilis,
I. a rapid whirling motion.
I. Lit.: mundi, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; id. Fat. 19, 43; id. Univ. 10; Ov. F. 6, 271; App. Asclep. p. 100, 41.—
II. Transf., roundness, round form: fracta capitis latissima, Ov. M. 12, 434.—
III. Trop.
A. Of speech, rapidity, fluency, volubility: linguae volubilitas, Cic. Planc. 25, 62: flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est, id. Or. 16, 53; id. de Or. 1, 5, 17: nimia vocis, Quint. 11, 3, 52 (opp. tarditas); 10, 1, 8; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
B. Of fate, changeableness, mutability: quod temere fit caeco casu et volubilitate fortunae, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 15; Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin volūbilitās From volūbilis + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishvolubility
  • Frenchvolubilité
  • Italianvolubilità
  • Romanianvolubilitate
  • Portuguesevolubilidade
  • Spanishvolubilidad

In English words that came into English from volūbilitās

  • volubilityvolūbilitās

Quick answers

What does volūbilitās mean in Latin?
volūbilitās, a noun, means “a rapid whirling motion; rapidity, fluency, volubility”.
What is the genitive of volūbilitās?
The genitive singular is volūbilitātis. volūbilitās is feminine, third declension.