virginitas

Latin

Etymology

From virgō (“virgin, maiden”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡi.ni.taːs/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɪnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.ni.tas/, [virˈd͡ʒiːnit̪äs]

Noun

virginitās f (genitive virginitātis); third declension

1. virginity, maidenhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virginitās	virginitātēs
Genitive	virginitātis	virginitātum
Dative	virginitātī	virginitātibus
Accusative	virginitātem	virginitātēs
Ablative	virginitāte	virginitātibus
Vocative	virginitās	virginitātēs

Related terms

• virginālis
• virginārius
• virgineus
• virginor
• virgō

Descendants

• Catalan: virginitat
• English: virginity
• French: virginité
• Galician: virxinidade
• Italian: verginità
• Occitan: virginitat
• Portuguese: virgindade
• Romanian: virginitate
• Spanish: virginidad

References

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