pietas

Derived from pius (“pious, devout”) +‎ -tās (“-ty, -dom”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.e.taːs/, [ˈpi.ɛ.taːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.e.tas/, [ˈpiː.e.tas]

pietās f (genitive pietātis); third declension

1. Dutiful conduct, sense of duty.
2. (to the gods) Piety, conscientiousness, scrupulousness,
3. (to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc.) Duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude.
4. Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion.

Third declension.

• pietāticultrīx

• piē
• piō
• pium
• pius

• pietas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pietas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pietas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pietas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pietas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pietas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray