improbitas

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From improbus (wicked, immoral, shameless) +‎ -tas (-ness, -ity).

Noun[edit]

improbitās f (genitive improbitātis); third declension

  1. wickedness, dishonesty, improbity
  2. shamelessness, depravity

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative improbitās improbitātēs
Genitive improbitātis improbitātum
Dative improbitātī improbitātibus
Accusative improbitātem improbitātēs
Ablative improbitāte improbitātibus
Vocative improbitās improbitātēs

Descendants[edit]

  • French: improbité
  • Spanish: improbidad

References[edit]

  • improbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • improbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • improbitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • improbitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.