Felicitas

See also: felicitas, felicitás, and félicitas

German

Alternative forms

Felizitas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīcitās.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Felicitas

a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From fēlīcitās (“happiness”, from fēlīx (“happy”) +‎ -itās).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feːˈliː.ki.taːs/, [feːˈlʲiːkɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈli.t͡ʃi.tas/, [feˈliːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Proper noun

Fēlīcitās f sg (genitive Fēlīcitātis); third declension

(Roman mythology) A goddess of luck.
a female given name, borne by early Christian martyrs

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fēlīcitās
Genitive	Fēlīcitātis
Dative	Fēlīcitātī
Accusative	Fēlīcitātem
Ablative	Fēlīcitāte
Vocative	Fēlīcitās

References

“Felicitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Felicitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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