qualitas

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ποιότης (poiótēs), from quālis +‎ -tās. See also quantitās.

Noun

quālitās f (genitive quālitātis); third declension

  1. quality, property

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quālitās quālitātēs
Genitive quālitātis quālitātum
Dative quālitātī quālitātibus
Accusative quālitātem quālitātēs
Ablative quālitāte quālitātibus
Vocative quālitās quālitātēs

Descendants

References
  • “qualitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “qualitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • qualitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.