aeternitas

Latin

Etymology

From aeternus (“eternal”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈter.ni.taːs/, [äe̯ˈt̪ɛrnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈter.ni.tas/, [eˈt̪ɛrnit̪äs]

Noun

aeternitās f (genitive aeternitātis); third declension

1. eternity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aeternitās	aeternitātēs
Genitive	aeternitātis	aeternitātum
Dative	aeternitātī	aeternitātibus
Accusative	aeternitātem	aeternitātēs
Ablative	aeternitāte	aeternitātibus
Vocative	aeternitās	aeternitātēs

Related terms

• aetās
• aeternō
• aeternus

Descendants

• Catalan: eternitat
• English: eternity
• French: éternité
• Galician: eternidade
• Italian: eternità
• Occitan: eternitat
• Piedmontese: eternità
• Portuguese: eternidade
• Romanian: eternitate
• Spanish: eternidad

References

• “aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aeternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.