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-tas
-tas
Faliscan
Suffix
-tās
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Faliscan_words_suffixed_with_-tas'>Faliscan words suffixed with -tas</a>
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /taːs/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, whence also Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) and Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti).
Suffix
-tās f (genitive -tātis); third declension
Usage notes
The suffix -tās is added to an adjective (or sometimes a noun) to form an abstract third declension feminine noun indicating a state or condition.
- Examples:
- potestās (“ability”), from potis (“able”)
- difficultās (“difficulty, trouble”), from difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”)
- lībertās (“liberty, freedom”), from līber (“free”)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -tās | -tātēs |
| genitive | -tātis | -tātum |
| dative | -tātī | -tātibus |
| accusative | -tātem | -tātēs |
| ablative | -tāte | -tātibus |
| vocative | -tās | -tātēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-tas'>Latin words suffixed with -tas</a>
Etymology 2
From -tus.
Suffix
-tās
- feminine accusative plural of -tus