-itia
Latin
Alternative forms
- -itiēs
Etymology
I-stem + Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts. See also -itas.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ti.a/, [ˈɪ.ti.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.t͡si.a/, [ˈiː.t͡si.a]
Suffix
-itia f (genitive -itiae); first declension
- -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.
Usage notes
The suffix -itia is added to an adjective (or rarely a noun) to form an abstract first declension noun describing the condition of being something.
- Examples:
- dūrus (“hard”) → dūritia (“hardness”)
- laetus (“happy”) → laetitia (“happiness”)
- trīstis (“sad”) → trīstitia (“sadness”)
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -itia | -itiae |
Genitive | -itiae | -itiārum |
Dative | -itiae | -itiīs |
Accusative | -itiam | -itiās |
Ablative | -itiā | -itiīs |
Vocative | -itia | -itiae |
Synonyms
- (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itās
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Aromanian: -eatsã
- Asturian: -eza, -icia
- Catalan: -esa, -ícia
- English: -ess
- French: -esse, -ise
- Friulian: -ece, -izie
- Galician: -eza, -iza
- Italian: -ezza, -izia
- Ladin: -eza, -ëza, -izia
- Occitan: -esa, -ícia
- Portuguese: -ez, -eza, -ice, -iça, -ícia
- Romanian: -eață, -ețe, -iție
- Sardinian: -itta
- Sicilian: -izza, -ezze, -ezzi, -izzia
- Spanish: -eza, -icia, -ez
- Venetian: -esa, -eça, -isia, -içia