Felicitas

See also: felicitas, felicitás, and félicitas

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīcitās.

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Felicitas

  1. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From fēlīcitās (“happiness”), from fēlīx (“happy”) +‎ -itās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈliː.ki.taːs/, [feːˈlʲiːkɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃi.tas/, [feˈliːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Proper noun

Fēlīcitās f sg (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
  2. a female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Fēlīcitās
Genitive Fēlīcitātis
Dative Fēlīcitātī
Accusative Fēlīcitātem
Ablative Fēlīcitāte
Vocative Fēlīcitās

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