litteratura

Latin

Etymology

From littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lit.te.raːˈtuː.ra/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛräːˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.te.raˈtu.ra/, [lit̪ːeräˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

litterātūra f (genitive litterātūrae); first declension

1. lettering; alphabet
2. grammar, philology
3. learning, erudition

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	litterātūra	litterātūrae
genitive	litterātūrae	litterātūrārum
dative	litterātūrae	litterātūrīs
accusative	litterātūram	litterātūrās
ablative	litterātūrā	litterātūrīs
vocative	litterātūra	litterātūrae

Descendants

• Catalan: literatura
• Corsican: litteratura, littiratura
• → English: literature
• French: littérature
• Friulian: leterature
• Galician: literatura
• → German: Literatur
• Italian: letteratura
• Lombard: leteradura, letteradura
• Norman: littéthatuthe (Jersey)
• Occitan: literatura
• Piedmontese: leteratura, literatura
• Portuguese: literatura
• Romanian: literatură
• → Russian: литерату́ра (literatúra)
• Spanish: literatura
• → Turkish: literatür

References

• “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litteratura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• litteratura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

litteratura f (plural litteraturas)

1. Obsolete spelling of literatura.