French

Verb

facilitas

1. second-person singular past historic of faciliter

Latin

Etymology

Derived from facilis ‎(“doable, easy”) +‎ -tās ‎(“-ity”). Confer with facultās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /faˈki.li.taːs/, [faˈkɪ.lɪ.taːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈt͡ʃi.li.tas/, [faˈt͡ʃiː.li.tas]

Noun

facilitās f ‎(genitive facilitātis); third declension

1. ease, easiness, facility, readiness
2. willingness; affability, courteousness
3. levity, headlessness

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: facilité
• Italian: facilità
• Portuguese: faculdade
• Romanian: facilitate
• Spanish: facilidad

References

• facilitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facilitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “facilitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a sociable, affable disposition: facilitas, faciles mores (De Am. 3. 11)
    

Portuguese

Verb

facilitas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of facilitar

Spanish

Verb

facilitas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of facilitar.