probitas
Latin
Etymology
Derived from probus (“honest”, “upright”) + -tās (“-ity”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.bi.taːs/, [ˈprɔbɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.bi.tas/, [ˈprɔːbit̪äs]
Noun
probitās f (genitive probitātis); third declension
- honesty, probity
- uprightness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | probitās | probitātēs |
| Genitive | probitātis | probitātum |
| Dative | probitātī | probitātibus |
| Accusative | probitātem | probitātēs |
| Ablative | probitāte | probitātibus |
| Vocative | probitās | probitātēs |
Descendants
- English: probity
- French: probité
- German: Probität
- Italian: probitate, probitade, probità
- Portuguese: probidade
- Spanish: probidad
References
- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- probitas 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)
- probitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette