Dictionary formsocietas, societatis(feminine)
Translation
fellowship, association; alliance, partnership
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | societas | societates |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | societas | societates |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | societatem | societates |
| Genitiveof | societatis | societatum |
| Dativeto, for | societati | societatibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | societate | societatibus |
Examples
Romano .
They formed an alliance with the Roman people.
.
We live in the fellowship of men.
periculosa .
A partnership in war is dangerous.
firmum .
The bond of the partnership was strong.
rupit.
He broke off the alliance with the enemy.
Societas, societatis is third declension feminine, built on socius with the abstract suffix -tas that also gives civitas and veritas. It covers any joining together: an alliance between states, a commercial partnership, or fellowship in the widest moral sense.
The person joined with goes into cum with the ablative, the thing shared into the genitive: societas belli, a partnership in war. Christian writers use it for communion, and the Jesuits are the Societas Iesu. Do not read the modern sense back into it: English society drifted towards "people in general", which the Latin never means on its own - for that Cicero says homines or civitas.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 11: societas, senatus, mortalis and 7 more words.