captīvĭtas, ātis, f. [captivus], the condition of captivus (post-Aug.; cf. Madvig. Cic. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Orell. V. 2, p. 71).
I Lit.
A Of living beings, captivity , bondage , Sen. Ep. 85, 27; Tac. A. 12, 51; 4, 25; 11, 23; id. H. 5, 21; Just. 3, 5, 2; 4, 3, 3; 4, 5, 12; 11, 3, 7; 11, 14, 11.—Also of animals, Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 134; Flor. 1, 18, 28.—
B Collect.: nisi coetu alienigenarum, velut captivitas, inferatur, Tac. A. 11, 23.—
C Of inanim. things, a taking , capture : urbium, Tac. A. 16, 16; id. H. 3, 83: Africae, Flor. 2, 6, 8.—Also in plur.: urbium, Tac. H. 3, 70.—
II (Acc. to capio. II. A. 2. a.) Oculorum, blindness , Ap. Met. 1, 6, 12 Elm.