obliquitas

Latin

Etymology

oblīqu(us) (“sidelong”, “slanting”, “awry”, “oblique”) +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈliː.kʷi.taːs/, [ɔbˈlʲiːkʷɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈli.kwi.tas/, [obˈliːkwit̪äs]

Noun

oblīquitās f (genitive oblīquitātis); third declension

slant, obliqueness, obliquity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oblīquitās	oblīquitātēs
Genitive	oblīquitātis	oblīquitātum
Dative	oblīquitātī	oblīquitātibus
Accusative	oblīquitātem	oblīquitātēs
Ablative	oblīquitāte	oblīquitātibus
Vocative	oblīquitās	oblīquitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: obliqüitat
English: obliquity
French: obliquité
Italian: obliquità
Spanish: oblicuidad

References

“obliquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
obliquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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