urbanitas

Latin

Etymology

From urbānus (“of or pertaining to the city”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /urˈbaː.ni.taːs/, [ʊrˈbaː.nɪ.taːs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /urˈba.ni.tas/, [urˈbaː.ni.tas]

Noun

urbānitās f (genitive urbānitātis); third declension

  1. An instance of living in the city; city life.
  2. City fashions or manners; refinement, politeness, courtesy, urbanity, sophistication.
  3. (of speech) Delicacy, elegance or refinement of speech; wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery; trickery, knavery.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urbānitās urbānitātēs
Genitive urbānitātis urbānitātum
Dative urbānitātī urbānitātibus
Accusative urbānitātem urbānitātēs
Ablative urbānitāte urbānitātibus
Vocative urbānitās urbānitātēs
Related terms
  • urbicapus
  • urbicārius
  • urbicremus

Descendants

References
  • urbanitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • urbanitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • urbanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Adjective

urbanitas m pl, f pl

  1. plural of urbanita

Noun

urbanitas m pl, f pl

  1. plural of urbanita
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