vilitas
Latin
Etymology
From vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.li.taːs/, [ˈu̯iːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.li.tas/, [ˈviːlit̪äs]
Noun
vīlitās f (genitive vīlitātis); third declension
- cheapness, inexpensiveness
- meanness, baseness, worthlessness, vileness
- contempt
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vīlitās | vīlitātēs |
| Genitive | vīlitātis | vīlitātum |
| Dative | vīlitātī | vīlitātibus |
| Accusative | vīlitātem | vīlitātēs |
| Ablative | vīlitāte | vīlitātibus |
| Vocative | vīlitās | vīlitātēs |
Descendants
- English: vility
- French: vilité
- Italian: viltà
References
- “vilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vilitas 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)
- vilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
- dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona