deformitas

Latin

Etymology

From dēfōrmis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfoːr.mi.taːs/, [d̪eːˈfoːrmɪt̪äːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfor.mi.tas/, [d̪eˈfɔrmit̪äs]

Noun

dēfōrmitās f (genitive dēfōrmitātis); third declension

(physically) The state of being deformed; deformity, ugliness, disfigurement.
(morally) The state of being morally incorrect; baseness, vileness, appalling nature; disgrace.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēfōrmitās	dēfōrmitātēs
Genitive	dēfōrmitātis	dēfōrmitātum
Dative	dēfōrmitātī	dēfōrmitātibus
Accusative	dēfōrmitātem	dēfōrmitātēs
Ablative	dēfōrmitāte	dēfōrmitātibus
Vocative	dēfōrmitās	dēfōrmitātēs

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: deformitat
English: deformity
Galician: deformidade
Italian: deformità
Portuguese: deformidade
Spanish: deformidad

References

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

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