2001 Translation

Sounds Like: pee-eh-TAH-teh

Translations: by piety, with piety, from piety, in piety, for piety, on account of piety

From the root: PIETAS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This is an inflected form of the Latin noun 'pietas', which refers to a deep sense of duty, devotion, and loyalty, particularly towards gods, family, and country. It encompasses religious observance, filial respect, and patriotic commitment. In this form, 'pietate' indicates the ablative case, meaning it describes the means, manner, cause, or location of an action.

Inflection: Singular, Ablative, Feminine

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:89
• Book Two — 8:89

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PIETAS.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• PIETAS — piety, dutifulness, devotion, loyalty, a sense of duty, a sense of devotion
• PIETATEM — piety, devotion, dutifulness, loyalty, religiousness, a sense of duty
• PIETATIS — of piety, of devotion, of duty, of loyalty, of godliness, of reverence

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