Noun: laetitia
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | laetitia |
| Plural | laetitiae |
Genitive
| Singular | laetitiae |
| Plural | laetitiārum |
Dative
| Singular | laetitiae |
| Plural | laetitiīs |
Accusative
| Singular | laetitiam |
| Plural | laetitiās |
Ablative
| Singular | laetitiā |
| Plural | laetitiīs |
Vocative
| Singular | laetitia |
| Plural | laetitiae |
Sample Sentences
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Plautus, Poenulus 5.4.114-116 (c. 190 BC) (Gods and Goddesses all! I return you deservedly extreme thanks, for having blest me with this gladness so supreme and with these joys so great; as my daughters have returned to me and into my possession.)
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Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.27.3 (c. 175 AD) (Is it not beyond the range of human capability to rejoice in bodily disfigurement? For joy is a certain exaltation of spirit, delighting in the realization of something greatly desired.)
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Beda Venerabilis, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum 1.31 (c. 730 AD) (For these who are disciples of the truth ought not to rejoice, save for that good thing which all men enjoy as well as they, and of which their enjoyment shall be without end.)
Nouns inflected like laetitia
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from laet(us) (“happy”, “glad”) + -itia (“-ity”, noun-building derivational suffix).
Verbs referencing "laetitia"
French Nouns
liesse, Portuguese Nouns
ledice, Spanish Nouns
leticia, Galician Nouns
ledicia, Romanian Nouns
letiție.
Translations