inimicitia

Latin

Etymology

inimīcus (“unfriendly, hostile, inimical”) +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.nɪ.miːˈkɪ.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.ni.miˈt͡ʃit̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Noun

inimīcitia f (genitive inimīcitiae); first declension

(usually in the plural) Enmity, hostility, ill will
Synonyms: simultās, hostīlitās

Antonym: amīcitia
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 852:
  SĪMŌ: Eho, nōn tū dīxtī esse inter eōs inimīcitiās, carnufex?
  SIMO: Hey, didn’t you say there was enmity between them, you scoundrel?
  (Translated literally, Simo’s description of a young couple may sound overly formal. Idiomatic alternatives: “they weren’t getting along,” “they had a falling out,” or “they broke up.”)
aversion, dislike, hatred
Synonym: āversiō

Antonyms: familiāritās, amīcitia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	inimīcitia	inimīcitiae
genitive	inimīcitiae	inimīcitiārum
dative	inimīcitiae	inimīcitiīs
accusative	inimīcitiam	inimīcitiās
ablative	inimīcitiā	inimīcitiīs
vocative	inimīcitia	inimīcitiae

Related terms

inimīcālis
inimīcē
inimīciter
inimīcō
inimīcus

Descendants

→ Italian: inimicizia
→ Romanian: inimiciție, inamiciție
→ Sicilian: nimicizzia

References

“inimicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
inimicitia in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“inimicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
inimicitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am on bad terms with a person: sunt or intercedunt mihi cum aliquo inimicitiae
- to be at enmity with a man: inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo
- to make a person one's enemy: inimicitias cum aliquo suscipere
- to lay aside one's differences: inimicitias deponere