paupertas
Latin
Etymology
Derived from pauper (“poor”) + -tās (“-ty”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pau̯ˈper.taːs/, [päu̯ˈpɛrt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pau̯ˈper.tas/, [päu̯ˈpɛrt̪äs]
Noun
paupertās f (genitive paupertātis); third declension
- the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence
- Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus
- Antonyms: dīvitiae, opulentia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paupertās | paupertātēs |
| Genitive | paupertātis | paupertātum |
| Dative | paupertātī | paupertātibus |
| Accusative | paupertātem | paupertātēs |
| Ablative | paupertāte | paupertātibus |
| Vocative | paupertās | paupertātēs |
Derived terms
- paupertātula
Related terms
- pauper
- pauperāscō
- pauperculus
- pauperiēs
- pauperius
- pauperō
- paupertīnus
Descendants
- Catalan: pobretat
- Corsican: puvertà, puvartà
- English: poverty
- French: pauvreté
- Friulian: puaretât
- Italian: povertà
- Norman: pouôrreté
- Occitan: pauretat
- Old French: poverté
- Old Occitan: paubretat
- Romanian: paupertate
- Sicilian: puvirtà, puvirtati
- Spanish: pobredad
References
- “paupertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “paupertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- paupertas 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)
- paupertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- paupertas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016