deitas

Galician

Verb

deitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of deitar

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Augustine of Hippo from deus (“god”) +‎ -tās, after dīvīnitās (“divinity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈde.ɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.i.t̪as]

Noun

deitās f (genitive deitātis); third declension

1. divinity, deity, the nature of a god

   Synonym: dīvīnitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	deitās	deitātēs
genitive	deitātis	deitātum
dative	deitātī	deitātibus
accusative	deitātem	deitātēs
ablative	deitāte	deitātibus
vocative	deitās	deitātēs

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• Catalan: deïtat
• Danish: deitet
• Italian: deità
• Middle French: deité
  • French: déité
  • → English: deity
• Old Galician-Portuguese: deidade
  • Galician: deidade
  • Portuguese: deidade
• Romanian: zeitate
• Spanish: deidad

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

deitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of deitar