-itia

• -itiēs

I-stem + Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts. See also -itas.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ti.a/, [ˈɪ.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.t͡si.a/, [ˈiː.t͡si.a]

-itia f (genitive -itiae); first declension

1. -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.

The suffix -itia is added to an adjective (or rarely a noun) to form an abstract first declension noun describing the condition of being something.

Examples:

dūrus (“hard”) → dūritia (“hardness”)

laetus (“happy”) → laetitia (“happiness”)

trīstis (“sad”) → trīstitia (“sadness”)

First declension.

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itās