maiestas
Latin
Alternative forms
- majestās
Etymology
From maior + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mai̯ˈi̯es.taːs/, [mäi̯ˈi̯ɛs̠t̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈjes.tas/, [mäˈjɛst̪äs]
Noun
maiestās f (genitive maiestātis); third declension
- majesty, dignity, prestige
- treason
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maiestās | maiestātēs |
| Genitive | maiestātis | maiestātum |
| Dative | maiestātī | maiestātibus |
| Accusative | maiestātem | maiestātēs |
| Ablative | maiestāte | maiestātibus |
| Vocative | maiestās | maiestātēs |
Derived terms
- maiestātīvus (Late Latin)
Descendants
- → Dutch: majesteit
- → English: majesty
- → French: majesté
- → Turkish: majeste
- → Galician: maxestade
- → German: Majestät
- → Italian: maestà
- Old French: maesté, maisté
- → Piedmontese: majestà
- → Portuguese: majestade
- → Romanian: maiestate
- → Spanish: majestad
References
- “maiestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maiestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
- to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
- “maiestas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.