-itia

Latin

Alternative forms

• -itiēs

Etymology

I-stem + Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts. See also -itas.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ti.a/, [ˈɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈit.t͡si.a/, [ˈit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Suffix

-itia f (genitive -itiae); first declension

1. -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.

Usage notes

The suffix -itia is added to an adjective (or rarely a noun) to form an abstract first declension noun describing the condition of being something.

Examples:

dūrus (“hard”) → dūritia (“hardness”)

laetus (“happy”) → laetitia (“happiness”)

trīstis (“sad”) → trīstitia (“sadness”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-itia	-itiae
Genitive	-itiae	-itiārum
Dative	-itiae	-itiīs
Accusative	-itiam	-itiās
Ablative	-itiā	-itiīs
Vocative	-itia	-itiae

Synonyms

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itās

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -itia

Descendants

• Aromanian: -eatsã
• Asturian: -eza, -icia
• Catalan: -esa, -ícia
• English: -ess
• French: -esse, -ise
• Friulian: -ece, -izie
• Galician: -eza, -iza
• Italian: -ezza, -izia

• Ladin: -eza, -ëza, -izia
• Occitan: -esa, -ícia
• Portuguese: -ez, -eza, -ice, -iça, -ícia
• Romanian: -eață, -ețe, -iție
• Sardinian: -itta
• Sicilian: -izza, -ezze, -ezzi, -izzia
• Spanish: -eza, -icia, -ez
• Venetian: -esa, -eça, -isia, -içia