activitas

Latin

Etymology

āctīvus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aːkˈtiː.u̯i.taːs/, [äːkˈt̪iːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈti.vi.tas/, [äkˈt̪iːvit̪äs]

Noun

āctīvitās f (genitive āctīvitātis); third declension

(Medieval Latin) activity, movement, action
Synonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās

Antonyms: sēgnitia, pigritia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āctīvitās	āctīvitātēs
Genitive	āctīvitātis	āctīvitātum
Dative	āctīvitātī	āctīvitātibus
Accusative	āctīvitātem	āctīvitātēs
Ablative	āctīvitāte	āctīvitātibus
Vocative	āctīvitās	āctīvitātēs

Descendants

Asturian: actividá
Catalan: activitat
English: activity
French: activité
- → Romanian: activitate
- → Turkish: aktivite
Galician: actividade
Italian: attività
Portuguese: atividade
→ Spanish: actividad
- → Cebuano: aktibidad
- ⇒ Tagalog: aktibidades

References

activitas 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)

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