raritas

== Latin == === Etymology === From rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”) + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈraː.rɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈraː.ri.tas] === Noun === rāritās f (genitive rāritātis); third declension looseness, thinness, the state of being loose, not dense rarity, scarcity, moderation a thing that is rare, a rarity ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== rārus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “raritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “raritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "raritas", 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) “raritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Adjective === raritas f pl feminine plural of rarito