celebritas

Latin

Etymology

From celeber +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈle.bri.taːs/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛbrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈle.bri.tas/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛːbrit̪äs], (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈleb.ri.taːs/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛbrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈleb.ri.tas/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛbrit̪äs]

Noun

celebritās f (genitive celebritātis); third declension

1. crowd, multitude
2. celebration
3. fame, renown, celebrity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celebritās	celebritātēs
Genitive	celebritātis	celebritātum
Dative	celebritātī	celebritātibus
Accusative	celebritātem	celebritātēs
Ablative	celebritāte	celebritātibus
Vocative	celebritās	celebritātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: celebritat
• French: célébrité
• Galician: celebridade
• Indonesian: selebritas
• Italian: celebrità
• Portuguese: celebridade
• Romanian: celebritate
• Spanish: celebridad

References

• “celebritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celebritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• celebritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • crowded games: celebritas ludorum