Latin

Noun

māternitās f ‎(genitive māternitātis); third declension

1. maternity
   • 1594, Gabriel Vásquez, De cultu adorationis libri tres, 1.2.199

     […] quam sola corporalis maternitas

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: maternitat
• English: maternity
• French: maternité
• Italian: maternità

References

• MATERNITAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)