malignitas

Latin

Etymology

From malignus (“malicious”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈliɡ.ni.tas/, [mäˈlʲɪŋnɪt̪äs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈliɲ.ɲi.tas/, [mäˈliɲːit̪äs]

Noun

malignitās f (genitive malignitātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative malignitās malignitātēs
Genitive malignitātis malignitātum
Dative malignitātī malignitātibus
Accusative malignitātem malignitātēs
Ablative malignitāte malignitātibus
Vocative malignitās malignitātēs

Descendants
  • French: malignité

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
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