opacitas

Latin

Etymology

From opācus (“darkened”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈpaː.ki.taːs/, [ɔˈpäːkɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.t͡ʃi.tas/, [oˈpäːt͡ʃit̪äs]

Noun

opācitās f (genitive opācitātis); third declension

shadiness, shade

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	opācitās	opācitātēs
Genitive	opācitātis	opācitātum
Dative	opācitātī	opācitātibus
Accusative	opācitātem	opācitātēs
Ablative	opācitāte	opācitātibus
Vocative	opācitās	opācitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: opacitat
English: opacity
French: opacité
Galician: opacidade
Italian: opacità
Portuguese: opacidade
Romanian: opacitate
Spanish: opacidad

References

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

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