vastitas

Latin

Etymology

vāstus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aːs.ti.taːs/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪ɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ti.tas/, [ˈväst̪it̪äs]

Noun

vāstitās f (genitive vāstitātis); third declension

waste (empty place), desert
desolation, devastation, ruin, destruction
immensity, vastness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vāstitās	vāstitātēs
Genitive	vāstitātis	vāstitātum
Dative	vāstitātī	vāstitātibus
Accusative	vāstitātem	vāstitātēs
Ablative	vāstitāte	vāstitātibus
Vocative	vāstitās	vāstitātēs

Descendants

→ Middle English: wastite (calque)
→ Middle French: vastité
- →? English: vastity (or directly from Latin)

References

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

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