qualitas

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Cicero as a calque of Ancient Greek ποιότης (poiótēs), from quālis +‎ -tās. See also quantitās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaː.lɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaː.li.tas] === Noun === quālitās f (genitive quālitātis); third declension quality, property ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “qualitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “qualitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “qualitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.