aeternitas

Latin

Etymology

From aeternus (“eternal”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈter.ni.taːs/, [äe̯ˈt̪ɛrnɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈter.ni.tas/, [eˈt̪ɛrnit̪äs]

Noun

aeternitās f (genitive aeternitātis); third declension

eternity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aeternitās	aeternitātēs
Genitive	aeternitātis	aeternitātum
Dative	aeternitātī	aeternitātibus
Accusative	aeternitātem	aeternitātēs
Ablative	aeternitāte	aeternitātibus
Vocative	aeternitās	aeternitātēs

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: eternitat
English: eternity
French: éternité
Galician: eternidade
Italian: eternità
Occitan: eternitat
Piedmontese: eternità
Portuguese: eternidade
Romanian: eternitate
Spanish: eternidad

References

“aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aeternitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aeternitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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