profanitas

Latin

Etymology

From profānus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈfaː.ni.taːs/, [prɔˈfäːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈfa.ni.tas/, [proˈfäːnit̪äs]

Noun

profānitās f (genitive profānitātis); third declension

1. profaneness, profanity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	profānitās	profānitātēs
Genitive	profānitātis	profānitātum
Dative	profānitātī	profānitātibus
Accusative	profānitātem	profānitātēs
Ablative	profānitāte	profānitātibus
Vocative	profānitās	profānitātēs

Descendants

• → English: profanity
• → French: profanité
• → German: Profanität
• → Italian: profanità
• → Spanish: profanidad

References

• profanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• profanitas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “profanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press