deformitas
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfoːr.mɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈfɔr.mi.t̪as]
Noun
dēfōrmitās f (genitive dēfōrmitātis); third declension
- (physically) The state of being deformed; deformity, ugliness, disfigurement.
- (morally) The state of being morally incorrect; baseness, vileness, appalling nature; disgrace.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfōrmitās | dēfōrmitātēs |
| genitive | dēfōrmitātis | dēfōrmitātum |
| dative | dēfōrmitātī | dēfōrmitātibus |
| accusative | dēfōrmitātem | dēfōrmitātēs |
| ablative | dēfōrmitāte | dēfōrmitātibus |
| vocative | dēfōrmitās | dēfōrmitātēs |
Related terms
- dēfōrmātiō
- dēfōrmis
- dēfōrmiter
- dēfōrmō
Descendants
- Catalan: deformitat
- English: deformity
- Galician: deformidade
- Italian: deformità
- Portuguese: deformidade
- Spanish: deformidad
References
- “deformitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deformitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deformitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.