probitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from probus (“honest”, “upright”) + -tās (“-ity”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpro.bi.taːs/, [ˈprɔbɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.bi.tas/, [ˈprɔːbit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]probitās f (genitive probitātis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | probitās | probitātēs |
| genitive | probitātis | probitātum |
| dative | probitātī | probitātibus |
| accusative | probitātem | probitātēs |
| ablative | probitāte | probitātibus |
| vocative | probitās | probitātēs |
Descendants
[edit]- English: probity
- French: probité
- German: Probität
- Italian: probitate, probitade, probità
- Portuguese: probidade
- Spanish: probidad
References
[edit]- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- probitas 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)
- probitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.