sororitas

Latin

Etymology

From soror (“sister”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈroː.ri.taːs/, [s̠ɔˈroːrɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈro.ri.tas/, [soˈrɔːrit̪äs]

Noun

sorōritās f (genitive sorōritātis); third declension

(Renaissance Latin) sisterhood

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs
Genitive	sorōritātis	sorōritātum
Dative	sorōritātī	sorōritātibus
Accusative	sorōritātem	sorōritātēs
Ablative	sorōritāte	sorōritātibus
Vocative	sorōritās	sorōritātēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: sorority
→ French: sororité
→ Galician: sororidade
→ Portuguese: sororidade
→ Romanian: suroritate
→ Spanish: sororidad

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sororitas”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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