immunditia

Latin

Etymology

immundus +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.munˈdi.ti.a/, [ɪmːʊn̪ˈd̪ɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.munˈdit.t͡si.a/, [imːun̪ˈd̪it̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

immunditia f (genitive immunditiae); first declension

1. dirt, untidiness
2. foulness
3. lust, wantonness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	immunditia	immunditiae
genitive	immunditiae	immunditiārum
dative	immunditiae	immunditiīs
accusative	immunditiam	immunditiās
ablative	immunditiā	immunditiīs
vocative	immunditia	immunditiae

Descendants

• → Catalan: immundícia
• → French: immondice
• Neapolitan: monnezza
  • → Italian: monnezza
• Romagnol: immundèzia, immundìzia
• Sicilian: munnizza
• Portuguese: imundície, imundice, imundícia, immundicia (obsolete)
• → Spanish: inmundicia

References

• “immunditia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immunditia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.