improbitas
Latin
Alternative forms
- inprobitas
Etymology
From improbus (“wicked, immoral, shameless”) + -tas (“-ness, -ity”).
Noun
improbitās f (genitive improbitātis); third declension
- wickedness, dishonesty, improbity
- shamelessness, depravity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | 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