finalitas

Latin

Etymology

From fīnālis (“of or pertaining to boundaries; of or pertaining to the end of something”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fiːˈnaː.li.taːs/, [fiːˈnäːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈna.li.tas/, [fiˈnäːlit̪äs]

Noun

fīnālitās f (genitive fīnālitātis); third declension

  1. The state of being last; finality, end.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīnālitās fīnālitātēs
Genitive fīnālitātis fīnālitātum
Dative fīnālitātī fīnālitātibus
Accusative fīnālitātem fīnālitātēs
Ablative fīnālitāte fīnālitātibus
Vocative fīnālitās fīnālitātēs

Descendants
  • Catalan: finalitat
  • Italian: finalità
  • Portuguese: finalidade
  • Spanish: finalidad

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