simplicitas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-der.

Latin sem-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Latin -plex

Latin simplex, simplicis

Latin -tās

Latin simplicitās

From simplex, simplicis + -tās.

Noun

simplicitās f (genitive simplicitātis); third declension

1. simplicity
2. plainness, frankness, openness
3. innocence, honesty, candor, integrity
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.28.6:

     Melior est pauper ambulāns in simplicitāte, suā quam dīves prāvīs itineribus.

     Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

4. directness, ingenuousness, naturalness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	simplicitās	simplicitātēs
genitive	simplicitātis	simplicitātum
dative	simplicitātī	simplicitātibus
accusative	simplicitātem	simplicitātēs
ablative	simplicitāte	simplicitātibus
vocative	simplicitās	simplicitātēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: simplicitat
• → French: simplicité
• → Galician: simplicidade
• → German: Simplizität
• → Italian: semplicità
• → Portuguese: simplicidade
• → Romanian: simplicitate
• → Sicilian: simpricità
• → Spanish: simplicidad

References

• “simplicitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “simplicitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "simplicitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “simplicitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.