maiestas

Latin

Alternative forms

• mājestās

Etymology

From māior + -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːˈi̯es.taːs/, [mäːˈi̯ɛs̠t̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈjes.tas/, [mäˈjɛst̪äs]

Noun

māiestās f (genitive māiestātis); third declension

1. majesty, dignity, prestige
2. treason

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
    
• “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.