improbitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• inprobitas

Etymology

From improbus (“wicked, immoral, shameless”) +‎ -tas (“-ness, -ity”).

Noun

improbitās f (genitive improbitātis); third declension

1. wickedness, dishonesty, improbity
2. shamelessness, depravity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	improbitās	improbitātēs
genitive	improbitātis	improbitātum
dative	improbitātī	improbitātibus
accusative	improbitātem	improbitātēs
ablative	improbitāte	improbitātibus
vocative	improbitās	improbitātēs

Descendants

• French: improbité
• Spanish: improbidad

References

• “improbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “improbitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "improbitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “improbitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.