Felicitas

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīcitās.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Felicitas

  1. a female given name

Latin

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Etymology

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From fēlīcitās (happiness, from fēlīx (happy) +‎ -itās).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fēlīcitās f sg (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
  2. a female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Fēlīcitās
Genitive Fēlīcitātis
Dative Fēlīcitātī
Accusative Fēlīcitātem
Ablative Fēlīcitāte
Vocative Fēlīcitās

References

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  • Felicitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Felicitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.