numerositas

Latin

Etymology

From numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nʊ.mɛˈroː.sɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [nu.meˈrɔː.s̬i.tas]

Noun

numerōsitās f (genitive numerōsitātis); third declension

1. great number, multitude
2. rhythm, harmony

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	numerōsitās	numerōsitātēs
genitive	numerōsitātis	numerōsitātum
dative	numerōsitātī	numerōsitātibus
accusative	numerōsitātem	numerōsitātēs
ablative	numerōsitāte	numerōsitātibus
vocative	numerōsitās	numerōsitātēs

Related terms

• numerābilis
• numerālis
• numerārius
• numerātiō
• numerātor
• numerātus
• numerius
• numerō
• numerōsē
• numerōsiter
• numerōsus
• numerus

Descendants

• Italian: numerosità
• Portuguese: numerosidade
• Spanish: numerosidad

References

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