vicinitas

Latin

Etymology

From vīcīnus (“near, neighboring”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈkiː.ni.taːs/, [u̯iːˈkiːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈt͡ʃi.ni.tas/, [viˈt͡ʃiːnit̪äs]

Noun

vīcīnitās f (genitive vīcīnitātis); third declension

1. neighborhood
2. nearness, proximity, vicinity

   Synonyms: propinquitās, contiguitās, adfīnitās

   Antonym: longinquitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vīcīnitās	vīcīnitātēs
Genitive	vīcīnitātis	vīcīnitātum
Dative	vīcīnitātī	vīcīnitātibus
Accusative	vīcīnitātem	vīcīnitātēs
Ablative	vīcīnitāte	vīcīnitātibus
Vocative	vīcīnitās	vīcīnitātēs

Related terms

• vīcus
• vīcīna
• vīcīnia
• vīcīnor
• vīcīnum
• vīcīnus
• vīcīnālis
• vīcīnē

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: vitsinãtati, vitsinãtate
  • Romanian: vecinătate
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: vicinità
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: vezindat
  • Asturian: vecindá, vicindá
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vezindade (rare, possibly borrowed from Spanish)
    • Portuguese: vizindade (rare)
  • Old Spanish: vezindat, vezindad
    • Spanish: vecindad
• Borrowings:
  • → English: vicinity
  • → Middle French: vicinité
    • French: vicinité
  • → Old Occitan: vicinitat

References

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