deformitas

Latin

Etymology

From dēfōrmis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfoːr.mɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈfɔr.mi.t̪as]

Noun

dēfōrmitās f (genitive dēfōrmitātis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfōrmitās	dēfōrmitātēs
genitive	dēfōrmitātis	dēfōrmitātum
dative	dēfōrmitātī	dēfōrmitātibus
accusative	dēfōrmitātem	dēfōrmitātēs
ablative	dēfōrmitāte	dēfōrmitātibus
vocative	dēfōrmitās	dēfōrmitātēs

Related terms

• dēfōrmātiō
• dēfōrmis
• dēfōrmiter
• dēfōrmō

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.