"communitas" meaning in Latin

See communitas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɔmˈmuː.nɪ.taːs] [Classical-Latin], [komˈmuː.ni.tas] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commūnitās From commūnis (“common, public”) + -tās. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|commūnis<t:common, public>|-tās|text=+|title=commūnitās|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commūnitās [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "commūnitās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="commūnitās"> From commūnis (“common, public”) + -tās. Head templates: {{la-noun|commūnitās<3>}} commūnitās f (genitive commūnitātis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|commūnitās<3>}} Forms: commūnitās [canonical, feminine], commūnitātis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], commūnitās [nominative, singular], commūnitātēs [nominative, plural], commūnitātis [genitive, singular], commūnitātum [genitive, plural], commūnitātī [dative, singular], commūnitātibus [dative, plural], commūnitātem [accusative, singular], commūnitātēs [accusative, plural], commūnitāte [ablative, singular], commūnitātibus [ablative, plural], commūnitās [singular, vocative], commūnitātēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a community Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-communitas-la-noun-2HyoU948
  2. public spirit, a sense of duty and willingness to serve one's community Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-communitas-la-noun-tU1byL3f Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tas, Collectives Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 36 2 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 37 2 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 37 1 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 33 32 2 33 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 33 67 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tas: 8 92 Disambiguation of Collectives: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: commūniō, commūnis 
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