crudelitas

Latin

Etymology

crūdēlis (“cruel, hard-hearted”) +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

Noun

crūdēlitās f (genitive crūdēlitātis); third declension

  1. cruelty, severity
    Synonyms: feritās, sevēritās, ferōcitās, asperitās
    Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, lēnitās, eleēmosyna

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crūdēlitās crūdēlitātēs
Genitive crūdēlitātis crūdēlitātum
Dative crūdēlitātī crūdēlitātibus
Accusative crūdēlitātem crūdēlitātēs
Ablative crūdēlitāte crūdēlitātibus
Vocative crūdēlitās crūdēlitātēs

Descendants

References
  • “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crudelitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crudelitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to gain the reputation of cruelty: famam crudelitatis subire (Catil. 4. 6. 12)
    • to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    • to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem exercere in aliquo
    • to exercise one's cruelty on some one: crudelitatem adhibere in aliquem
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