dignitas

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Etymology

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From dignus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dignitās f (genitive dignitātis); third declension

  1. worth, worthiness, merit, desert
  2. fitness, suitability
  3. rank, status, standing, esteem, dignity
  4. dignity, greatness
    Antonyms: indignitās, ignōminia
    deus ibi magna cum dignitate sedetThere the god sits with great dignity
  5. (metonymically) dignitary (a person of high rank, a person in high office)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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  • dignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dignitas 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)
  • dignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
    • to insult a person's dignity: auctoritati, dignitati alicuius illudere
    • to be in a dignified position: dignitas est summa in aliquo
    • to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
    • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
    • to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    • to be careful of one's dignity: dignitati suae servire, consulere
    • to elevate to the highest dignity: aliquem ad summam dignitatem perducere (B. G. 7. 39)
    • to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
    • to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
    • to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
    • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere
    • to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere