maiestas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈi̯es.taːs/, [mäːˈi̯ɛs̠t̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈjes.tas/, [mäˈjɛst̪äs]
Noun
māiestās f (genitive māiestātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | māiestās | māiestātēs |
Genitive | māiestātis | māiestātum |
Dative | māiestātī | māiestātibus |
Accusative | māiestātem | māiestātēs |
Ablative | māiestāte | māiestātibus |
Vocative | māiestās | māiestātēs |
Derived terms
- māiestātīvus (Late Latin)
Descendants
- Dutch: majesteit
- English: majesty
- French: majesté
- German: Majestät
- Italian: maestà
- Old French: maesté, maisté
- Portuguese: majestade
- Spanish: majestad
References
- “maiestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maiestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
- to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
- “maiestas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.