nequitia
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nēquam (“worthless”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neːˈkʷi.ti.a/, [neːˈkʷɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈkwit.t͡si.a/, [neˈkwit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]nēquitia f (genitive nēquitiae); first declension
- A bad moral quality; idleness, negligence, inactivity, remissness; worthlessness; vileness, depravity, wickedness
- Lightness, levity, inconsiderateness.
- Prodigality, profusion.
- Profligacy, wantonness, roguery, lewdness.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nēquitia | nēquitiae |
| genitive | nēquitiae | nēquitiārum |
| dative | nēquitiae | nēquitiīs |
| accusative | nēquitiam | nēquitiās |
| ablative | nēquitiā | nēquitiīs |
| vocative | nēquitia | nēquitiae |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nequitia 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)
- nequitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.