Latin

Noun

urbānitās f ‎(genitive urbānitātis); third declension

1. An instance of living in the city; city life.
2. City fashions or manners; refinement, politeness, courtesy, urbanity, sophistication.
3. (of speech) Delicacy, elegance or refinement of speech; wit, humor, pleasantry, raillery; trickery, knavery.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• French: urbanité
• Italian: urbanità

References

• urbanitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urbanitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “urbanitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.