inimicitia

Latin

Etymology

inimīcus (“unfriendly, hostile, inimical”) +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.ni.miːˈki.ti.a/, [ɪnɪmiːˈkɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.ni.miˈt͡ʃit.t͡si.a/, [inimiˈt͡ʃit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

inimīcitia f (genitive inimīcitiae); first declension

1. (usually in the plural) Enmity, hostility, ill will.

   Synonyms: simultās, hostīlitās

   Antonym: amīcitia

2. I aversion, dislike, hatred

   Synonym: āversiō

   Antonyms: familiāritās, amīcitia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inimīcitia	inimīcitiae
Genitive	inimīcitiae	inimīcitiārum
Dative	inimīcitiae	inimīcitiīs
Accusative	inimīcitiam	inimīcitiās
Ablative	inimīcitiā	inimīcitiīs
Vocative	inimīcitia	inimīcitiae

Related terms

• inimīcālis
• inimīcē
• inimīciter
• inimīcō
• inimīcus

Descendants

• → Italian: inimicizia
• → Romanian: inimiciție, inamiciție
• → Sicilian: nimicizzia

References

• “inimicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inimicitia in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “inimicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inimicitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am on bad terms with a person: sunt or intercedunt mihi cum aliquo inimicitiae
    
  • to be at enmity with a man: inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo
    
  • to make a person one's enemy: inimicitias cum aliquo suscipere
    
  • to lay aside one's differences: inimicitias deponere