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

deitās f (genitive deitātis); third declension

1. divinity, deity, the nature of a god

   Synonym: dīvīnitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deitās	deitātēs
Genitive	deitātis	deitātum
Dative	deitātī	deitātibus
Accusative	deitātem	deitātēs
Ablative	deitāte	deitātibus
Vocative	deitās	deitātēs

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• Catalan: deïtat
• Danish: deitet
• Italian: deità
• Middle French: deité
  • French: déité
  • → English: deity
• Old Galician-Portuguese: deidade
  • Galician: deidade
  • Portuguese: deidade
• Romanian: zeitate
• Spanish: deidad

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

deitas

1. second-person singular present indicative of deitar