obscuritas

Latin

Etymology

Derived from obscūrus (“dark”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈskuː.ri.taːs/, [ɔpˈs̠kuːrɪt̪äːs̠]

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

Noun

obscūritās f (genitive obscūritātis); third declension

darkness
obscurity, indistinctness
Synonym: nūbēs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs
Genitive	obscūritātis	obscūritātum
Dative	obscūritātī	obscūritātibus
Accusative	obscūritātem	obscūritātēs
Ablative	obscūritāte	obscūritātibus
Vocative	obscūritās	obscūritātēs

Descendants

English: obscurity
Asturian: escuridá
Catalan: obscuritat
French: obscurité
Italian: oscurità
Portuguese: obscuridade
Romanian: obscuritate
Spanish: oscuridad

References

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

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