novitas

Latin

Etymology

Synchronically from novus (“new; recent; unusual”) +‎ -tās. Perhaps as old as Proto-Indo-European *néwoteh₂ts.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈno.wi.taːs/, [ˈnɔ.wɪ.taːs]

Noun

novitās f (genitive novitātis); third declension

  1. newness, novelty
  2. rareness, strangeness
  3. newness of rank
  4. reformation

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative novitās novitātēs
Genitive novitātis novitātum
Dative novitātī novitātibus
Accusative novitātem novitātēs
Ablative novitāte novitātibus
Vocative novitās novitātēs

Descendants
  • Sardinian: nobidade, novedade
  • Sicilian: nuvitati
  • Spanish: novedad
  • Venetian: novità

References
  • novitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • novitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • novitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • novitas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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