Definition of germanitas
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LNS
germānitās, germānitātis
1. germanus, germanus
noun (f., 3rd declension)
  1. the relation between brothers and sisters, brotherhood, sisterhood
  2. The relationship of the inhabitants of cities which are colonies of one mother-city
  3. a union, resemblance, similarity
  4. A sister
Abbreviations
germānitas, ātis, f. 1. germanus, the relation between brothers and sisters, brotherhood, sisterhood. Lit.: moveant te horum lacrimae, moveat pietas, moveat germanitas, Cic. Lig. 11, 33: subituram vobis aliquando germanitatis memoriam (between Perseus and Demetrius as sons of Philip), Liv. 40, 8, 10: nexus germanitatis, the bond of sisterhood, App. M. 2, p. 115; cf.: inter Judam et Israel, brotherhood, amity, Vulg. Zech. 11, 14.

— Transf. The relationship of the inhabitants of cities which are colonies of one mother-city: ab ea germanitate fraternam sibi cum iis caritatem esse, Liv. 37, 56, 7.

— Of inanim. and abstr. things, a union, resemblance, similarity: unde nomen ambobus (Bosporis) et jam quaedam in dissociatione germanitas concors, Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 2: malorum, id. 15, 14, 15, § 51: vini, id. 14, 6, 8, § 59: digitorum, speciosa germanitas, of the toes, Lact. Opif. Dei, 13, 8.

— A sister: germanitatis stupra, Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42; App. M. 5, p. 171, 5.
 
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