germānĭtas — Lewis & Short
germānĭtas, ātis, f.1. germanus,
I the relation between brothers and sisters, brotherhood, sisterhood.
I 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 Israël,brotherhood, amity, Vulg. Zech. 11, 14.—
II Transf.
A 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.—
B 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.—
C A sister:
germanitatis stupra,Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42; App. M. 5, p. 171, 5.