dignitas

See also: Dignitas

Latin

Etymology

dignus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡ.ni.taːs/, [ˈd̪ɪŋnɪt̪äːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɲ.ɲi.tas/, [ˈd̪iɲːit̪äs]

Noun

dignitās f (genitive dignitātis); third declension

worth, worthiness, merit, desert
fitness, suitability
rank, status, standing, esteem, dignity
dignity, greatness
Antonyms: indignitās, ignōminia
deus ibi magna cum dignitate sedet ― There the God sits with great dignity
(metonymically) a dignitary, a person of high rank, a person in high office

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dignitās	dignitātēs
Genitive	dignitātis	dignitātum
Dative	dignitātī	dignitātibus
Accusative	dignitātem	dignitātēs
Ablative	dignitāte	dignitātibus
Vocative	dignitās	dignitātēs

Descendants

→ Catalan: dignitat
→ Old Irish: dignit
- Irish: dínit
→ Italian: dignità
Italian: degnità
Occitan: dignitat
Old French: deintié
- → English: dainty
→ Old French: dignité
- French: dignité
- → Middle English: dignitee
  - English: dignity
Piedmontese: dignità
→ Portuguese: dignidade
Portuguese: dinidade
Romanian: demnitate, dignitate
Romansch: dignitad, dignited, dignità
→ Spanish: dignidad

References

“dignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“dignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
dignitas 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)
dignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
- to insult a person's dignity: auctoritati, dignitati alicuius illudere
- to be in a dignified position: dignitas est summa in aliquo
- to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
- to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
- to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
- to be careful of one's dignity: dignitati suae servire, consulere
- to elevate to the highest dignity: aliquem ad summam dignitatem perducere (B. G. 7. 39)
- to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
- to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
- to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere
- to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere