improbitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

improbitās f (genitive improbitātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

Descendants

  • French: improbité
  • Spanish: improbidad

References

  • “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.
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