nitiditas

Latin

Etymology

From nitidus (“shining”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɪˈtɪ.dɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [niˈtiː.di.tas]

Noun

nitiditās f (genitive nitiditātis); third declension

1. splendor, beauty, elegance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nitiditās	nitiditātēs
genitive	nitiditātis	nitiditātum
dative	nitiditātī	nitiditātibus
accusative	nitiditātem	nitiditātēs
ablative	nitiditāte	nitiditātibus
vocative	nitiditās	nitiditātēs

Related terms

• niteō
• nitidus

References

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