germanitas

Latin

Etymology

From germānus (“full brother”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ni.tas/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnɪt̪äs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.tas/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnit̪äs]

Noun

germānitās f (genitive germānitātis); third declension

  1. brotherhood, sisterhood, relationship between siblings
  2. affinity, similarity, resemblance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative germānitās germānitātēs
Genitive germānitātis germānitātum
Dative germānitātī germānitātibus
Accusative germānitātem germānitātēs
Ablative germānitāte germānitātibus
Vocative germānitās germānitātēs

Descendants
  • Asturian: hermandá
  • Catalan: germandat
  • Galician: irmandade
  • Portuguese: irmandade
  • Spanish: hermandad
  • → Portuguese: germanidade (learned)

References
  • “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “germanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • germanitas 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)
  • germanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

germanitas

  1. plural of germanita
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