-tas

See also: tas, Tas, TAS, tās, tås, taş, t'as, and Tas.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, whence also Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) and Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti). See also -tūs.

Suffix

-tās f (genitive -tātis); third declension

  1. -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form nouns indicating a state of being.

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -tās -tātēs
Genitive -tātis -tātum
Dative -tātī -tātibus
Accusative -tātem -tātēs
Ablative -tāte -tātibus
Vocative -tās -tātēs
Usage notes

The suffix -tās is added to an adjective (or sometimes a noun) to form an abstract third declension feminine noun indicating a state or condition.

Examples:
potis (able) + -taspotestās (ability)
difficilis (difficult, troublesome) + -tasdifficultās (difficulty, trouble)
līber (free) + -taslībertās (liberty, freedom)

It has two allomorphs:

-itās
viduus + -tasviduitās
magnanimus + -tasmagnanimitās
alacer + -tasalacritās
-etās
prōprius + -tasproprietās
medius + -tasmedietās
satis + -tassatietās
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -tās -tātēs
Genitive -tātis -tātum
Dative -tātī -tātibus
Accusative -tātem -tātēs
Ablative -tāte -tātibus
Vocative -tās -tātēs
Synonyms
Descendants

See also

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Etymology 2

From -tus.

Suffix

-tās

  1. feminine accusative plural of -tus
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