iustitia

Latin

Alternative forms

• jūstitia

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

iūstus +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯uːsˈti.ti.a/, [i̯uːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jusˈtit.t͡si.a/, [jusˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

iūstitia f (genitive iūstitiae); first declension

1. justice, fairness, equity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūstitia	iūstitiae
Genitive	iūstitiae	iūstitiārum
Dative	iūstitiae	iūstitiīs
Accusative	iūstitiam	iūstitiās
Ablative	iūstitiā	iūstitiīs
Vocative	iūstitia	iūstitiae

Derived terms

• iūstitiārius
• iūstitiāria

Related terms

Related terms

• iniūstitia
• iūdex
• iūdicābilis
• iūdicātiō
• iūdicātō
• iūdicātōrius
• iūdicātrix

• iūdicātum
• iūdicātus
• iūdiciālis
• iūdiciāliter
• iūdiciārius
• iūdiciolum

• iūdicium
• iūdicō
• iūs
• iūstē
• iūstificātiō
• iūstificātor

• iūstificātrīx
• iūstificātus
• iūstificō
• iūstificus
• iūstitium
• iūstus

Descendants

• → Asturian: xusticia
• → Catalan: justícia
• → Friulian: justizie
• → Italian: giustizia
• → Old French: justise, justice
  • French: justice
    • → Swedish: justis
  • Norman: justice
  • → Middle English: justice
    • English: justice
• → Old Occitan: justicia
  • Occitan: justícia
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: justiça
  • Galician: xustiza
  • Portuguese: justiça
• → Romanian: justiție
• → Russian: юстиция (justicija)
• → Sicilian: giustizzia
• → Spanish: justicia
• → Swedish: justitie-
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: justitia, justis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: justis
• → Danish: justits
• → German: Justiz
• → Dutch: justitie
• → Estonian: justiits

References

• “iustitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iustitia 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)
• iustitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• iustitia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016