calumnia

Latin

Alternative forms

• kalumnia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kaˈlum.ni.a/

Noun

calumnia (genitive calumniae); f, first declension

1. A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery.
2. A pretence, evasion, subterfuge.
3. A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil.
4. A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	calumnia	calumniae
genitive	calumniae	calumniārum
dative	calumniae	calumniīs
accusative	calumniam	calumniās
ablative	calumniā	calumniīs
vocative	calumnia	calumniae

Derived terms

• calumnior
• calumniōsus

Related terms

• calumniātor
• calumniātrīx
• calumniōsē

Descendants

Catalan: calúmnia English: calumny, challenge French: calomnie, challenge Italian: calunnia Polish: kalumnia

Romanian: calomnie Old French: chalonge Portuguese: calúnia Spanish: calumnia

References

• calumnia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Spanish

Noun

calumnia f. (plural calumnias)

1. calumny

Verb

calumnia (infinitive calumniar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of calumniar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of calumniar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of calumniar.