Latin

Noun

gentīlitās f ‎(genitive gentīlitātis); third declension

1. the relationship of those who belong to the same gens
2. relatives bearing the same name
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathenism, paganism
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the heathens, pagans

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: gentility
• Italian: gentilità

References

• gentilitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gentilitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• GENTILITAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gentilitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• gentilitas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• gentilitas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin