unitas

Latin

Etymology

From ūnus (“one”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ni.taːs/, [ˈuːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ni.tas/, [ˈuːnit̪äs]

Noun

ūnitās f (genitive ūnitātis); third declension

1. oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided
2. sameness, uniformity
3. agreement, concord

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	ūnitās	ūnitātēs
genitive	ūnitātis	ūnitātum
dative	ūnitātī	ūnitātibus
accusative	ūnitātem	ūnitātēs
ablative	ūnitāte	ūnitātibus
vocative	ūnitās	ūnitātēs

Related terms

• ūniō
• ūniter
• ūnus

Descendants

• Catalan: unitat
• Corsican: unità
• → English: unity, unit
• → Old French: unité
  • French: unité
  • → Middle English: unite
    • English: unity
    • Scots: unitie
• → German: Einheit (calque)
• Galician: unidade
• → Irish: aonad (calque)
• Italian: unità
• → Portuguese: unidade
• → Romanian: unitate
• → Old Spanish: unidad, undad
  • Spanish: unidad
• Sicilian: unità, unitati

References

• “unitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• unitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.