atrocitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From atrōx (“cruel, fierce”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈtroː.kɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈtrɔː.t͡ʃi.tas] === Noun === atrōcitās f (genitive atrōcitātis); third declension atrocity (figuratively) hardship, suffering, tragedy, disaster ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== āter atrōciter atrōx ==== Descendants ==== === References === “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “atrocitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “atrocitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.