deitas

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Augustine of Hippo from deus (“god”), after dīvīnitās (“divinity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.i.taːs/, [ˈd̪eɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.i.tas/, [ˈd̪ɛːit̪äs]

Noun

1. divinity, deity, the nature of a god

Synonyms

• (divinity): dīvīnitās

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• Catalan: deïtat
• English: deity
• French: déité
• Italian: deità
• Old Portuguese: deidade
  • Galician: deidade
  • Portuguese: deidade
• Romanian: zeitate

References

• “deitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• deitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person singular present indicative of deitar