probitas
Latin
Etymology
Derived from probus (“honest”, “upright”) + -tās (“-ity”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔ.bɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.bi.t̪as]
Noun
probitās f (genitive probitātis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | probitās | probitātēs |
| genitive | probitātis | probitātum |
| dative | probitātī | probitātibus |
| accusative | probitātem | probitātēs |
| ablative | probitāte | probitātibus |
| vocative | probitās | probitātēs |
Descendants
- English: probity
- French: probité
- German: Probität
- Italian: probitate, probitade, probità
- Portuguese: probidade
- Spanish: probidad
References
- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "probitas", 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)
- probitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.