obscenitas

Latin

Etymology

From obscēnus +‎ -tas.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈskeː.ni.taːs/, [ɔpˈs̠keːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈʃe.ni.tas/, [obˈʃɛːnit̪äs]

Noun

obscēnitās f (genitive obscēnitātis); third declension

1. unfavorableness, inauspiciousness
2. foulness, lewdness, obscenity

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	obscēnitās	obscēnitātēs
genitive	obscēnitātis	obscēnitātum
dative	obscēnitātī	obscēnitātibus
accusative	obscēnitātem	obscēnitātēs
ablative	obscēnitāte	obscēnitātibus
vocative	obscēnitās	obscēnitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: obscenitat
• English: obscenity
• French: obscénité
• Galician: obscenidade
• German: Obszönität
• Italian: oscenità
• Portuguese: obscenidade
• Romanian: obscenitate
• Spanish: obscenidad
• Swedish: obscenitet

References

• “obscenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obscenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obscenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.