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improbitas

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From improbus (wicked, immoral, shameless) +‎ -tas (-ness, -ity).

Noun

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improbitās f (genitive improbitātis); third declension

  1. wickedness, dishonesty, improbity
  2. shamelessness, depravity

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative improbitās improbitātēs
genitive improbitātis improbitātum
dative improbitātī improbitātibus
accusative improbitātem improbitātēs
ablative improbitāte improbitātibus
vocative improbitās improbitātēs

Descendants

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  • French: improbité
  • Spanish: improbidad

References

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