tranquillitas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tranquillus (“quiet, calm, still, tranquil”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tranˈkʷil.li.taːs/, [t̪räŋˈkʷɪlːʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tranˈkwil.li.tas/, [t̪räŋˈkwilːit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
tranquillitās f (genitive tranquillitātis); third declension
- quietness, calmness, stillness, tranquillity, serenity
- Synonyms: otium, pax, quies, serenitas, tranquillum
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tranquillitās | tranquillitātēs |
| Genitive | tranquillitātis | tranquillitātum |
| Dative | tranquillitātī | tranquillitātibus |
| Accusative | tranquillitātem | tranquillitātēs |
| Ablative | tranquillitāte | tranquillitātibus |
| Vocative | tranquillitās | tranquillitātēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of tranquillitas in other languages
- → Catalan: tranquil·litat
- → English: tranquility
- → French: tranquillité
- → Galician: tranquilidade
- → Italian: tranquillità
- → Occitan: tranquillitat
- → Portuguese: tranquilidade
- → Romanian: tranchilitate
- → Spanish: tranquilidad
References[edit]
- “tranquillitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tranquillitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tranquillitas 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)
- tranquillitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a dead calm: malacia et tranquillitas (B. G. 3. 15)
- a dead calm: malacia et tranquillitas (B. G. 3. 15)