sororitas

Latin

Etymology

From soror (“sister”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɔˈroː.rɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [soˈrɔː.ri.t̪as]

Noun

sorōritās f (genitive sorōritātis); third declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) sisterhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs
genitive	sorōritātis	sorōritātum
dative	sorōritātī	sorōritātibus
accusative	sorōritātem	sorōritātēs
ablative	sorōritāte	sorōritātibus
vocative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs

Related terms

• soror
• sorōriō
• sorōrius

Descendants

• → English: sorority
• → French: sororité
• → Galician: sororidade
• → Italian: sororità
• → Portuguese: sororidade
• → Romanian: suroritate
• → Spanish: sororidad

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sororitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC