Romanitas

From Rōmānus (“of or belonging to Rome,” “Roman”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”; noun-forming suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [roːˈmaː.nɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈmaː.ni.tas]

Rōmānitās f (genitive Rōmānitātis); third declension

1. The culture, civilization, spirit, ideals or customs of ancient Rome; the fact of being Roman; Romanity, Romanness.
   • Tertullian, De Pallio 4.1:

     Quid nunc, si est Romanitas omni salus, nec honestis tamen modis ad Graios estis?

2. (Medieval Latin) Frankish Romance, French

Third-declension noun.

• "Romanitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  "Romanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)