atrocitas

See also: atrocitás

Latin

Etymology

From atrōx (“cruel, fierce”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈtroː.ki.taːs/, [aˈtroː.kɪ.taːs]

Noun

atrōcitās f (genitive atrōcitātis); third declension

  1. atrocity
  2. (figuratively) hardship, suffering, tragedy, disaster

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative atrōcitās atrōcitātēs
Genitive atrōcitātis atrōcitātum
Dative atrōcitātī atrōcitātibus
Accusative atrōcitātem atrōcitātēs
Ablative atrōcitāte atrōcitātibus
Vocative atrōcitās atrōcitātēs

Descendants

References
  • atrocitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • atrocitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • atrocitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)
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