societas

== Latin == === Etymology === From socius + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔˈki.ɛ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈt͡ʃiː.e.tas] === Noun === societās f (genitive societātis); third declension society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose) (metonymic) a company or society (those united for a common purpose) (by extension) a copartnership, membership, or association (a union for trading purposes) (by extension) a share, stake (membership in a partnership or association) (by extension) a league, alliance, confederacy (a union or association for political purposes) Synonyms: amīcitia, cōnsociātiō ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== From nominative societās: Italian: soccida~soccita Ligurian: sösya Lombard: süzda Sicilian: sucità From accusative societātem: Old French: soistié → Asturian: sociedá → Catalan: societat → Galician: sociedade → Italian: società → Occitan: societat → Old French: societéMiddle French: societéFrench: société→ German: Sozietät→ Hunsrik: SozieteetHaitian Creole: sosyete→ Romanian: societate→ Turkish: sosyeteNorman: sociêté→ English: society → Portuguese: sociedade → Romansh: societad, sozietad, societed, società Sicilian: sucitati → Spanish: sociedad === References === “societas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “societas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "societas", 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) “societas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “societas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “sŏcietas”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 607