tempestivitas
Latin
Etymology
From tempestīvus (“timely”) + -tās, from tempestās (“time, season”), from tempus (“time”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛm.pɛsˈtiː.wɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪em.pesˈt̪iː.vi.t̪as]
Noun
tempestīvitās f (genitive tempestīvitātis); third declension
- (rare) timeliness, seasonableness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tempestīvitās | tempestīvitātēs |
| genitive | tempestīvitātis | tempestīvitātum |
| dative | tempestīvitātī | tempestīvitātibus |
| accusative | tempestīvitātem | tempestīvitātēs |
| ablative | tempestīvitāte | tempestīvitātibus |
| vocative | tempestīvitās | tempestīvitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: tempestivity
- Italian: tempestività
- Portuguese: tempestividade
- Spanish: tempestividad
References
- “tempestivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tempestivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tempestivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.