integritas

Latin

Etymology

From integer ‎(“complete, perfect”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈte.ɡri.taːs/, [ɪnˈtɛ.ɡrɪ.taːs]

Noun

integritās f ‎(genitive integritātis); third declension

1. soundness
2. integrity, blamelessness
3. (of a woman) chastity
4. (of language) correctness, purity
5. (figuratively) the whole

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	integritās	integritātēs
genitive	integritātis	integritātum
dative	integritātī	integritātibus
accusative	integritātem	integritātēs
ablative	integritāte	integritātibus
vocative	integritās	integritātēs

Related terms

• integer
• integrē

• integritūdō
• integrō

Descendants

• English: integrity
• French: intégrité
• Italian: integrità

• Portuguese: integridade
• Romanian: integritate
• Spanish: integridad

References

• integritas in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• integritas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INTEGRITAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• integritas in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • purity of style: integritas, sinceritas orationis (not puritas)
    
  • pure, correct Latin: incorrupta latini sermonis integritas (Brut. 35. 132)