iustitia

Latin

Alternative forms

jūstitia

Etymology

iūstus +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [juːsˈtɪ.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jusˈt̪it̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Noun

iūstitia f (genitive iūstitiae); first declension

justice, fairness, equity
Antonyms: iniūstitia, iniūria

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iūstitia	iūstitiae
genitive	iūstitiae	iūstitiārum
dative	iūstitiae	iūstitiīs
accusative	iūstitiam	iūstitiās
ablative	iūstitiā	iūstitiīs
vocative	iūstitia	iūstitiae

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Old Leonese: justicia
- Asturian: xusticia, xosticia
- Leonese: xusticia
→ Catalan: justícia
→ Friulian: justizie
→ Indonesian: Yustisia
→ Italian: giustizia
→ Old French: justise, justice
- French: justice
  - → Dutch: justitie
    - → Caribbean Javanese: yustisi
    - → Indonesian: yustisi
    - → Javanese: ꦪꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦱꦶ (yustisi)
  - → Swedish: justis
- Norman: justice
- → Middle English: justice
  - English: justice
→ Old Occitan: justicia
- Occitan: justícia
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: justiça
- Galician: xustiza
- Portuguese: justiça
→ Romanian: justiție
→ Russian: юсти́ция (justícija)
Sicilian: justizzia
→ Spanish: justicia
→ Swedish: justitie-
→ Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: justitia, justis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: justis
→ Danish: justits
→ German: Justiz
→ Dutch: justitie
- Afrikaans: justisie
→ Estonian: justiits

References

“iustitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"iustitia", 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)
iustitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
iustitia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016