malignitas

Latin

Etymology

From malignus (malicious) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

malignitās f (genitive malignitātis); third declension

  1. spite, malice, malignity
  2. stinginess, niggardliness, meanness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative malignitās malignitātēs
genitive malignitātis malignitātum
dative malignitātī malignitātibus
accusative malignitātem malignitātēs
ablative malignitāte malignitātibus
vocative malignitās malignitātēs

Descendants

  • French: malignité
  • Italian: malignità
  • Portuguese: malignidade
  • Romanian: malignitate
  • Spanish: malignidad

References

  • malignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • malignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • malignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.