claritas

Latin

Etymology

From clārus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.ri.taːs/, [ˈkɫ̪äːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ri.tas/, [ˈkläːrit̪äs]

Noun

clāritās f (genitive clāritātis); third declension

1. clarity, brightness
2. fame

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clāritās	clāritātēs
Genitive	clāritātis	clāritātum
Dative	clāritātī	clāritātibus
Accusative	clāritātem	clāritātēs
Ablative	clāritāte	clāritātibus
Vocative	clāritās	clāritātēs

Descendants

• Italian: clarità
• Old French: clarté
  • French: clarté
  • Middle English: claritee
    • → English: clarity
• Old Galician-Portuguese: claridade
  • Portuguese: claridade
• Romanian: claritate
• Spanish: claridad

References

• “claritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “claritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• claritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• claritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaˈɾitas/ [klaˈɾi.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -itas
• Syllabification: cla‧ri‧tas

Etymology 1

Noun

claritas

1. plural of clarita

Etymology 2

Adjective

claritas

1. feminine plural of clarito