probitas

Latin

Etymology

Derived from probus (“honest”, “upright”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔ.bɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.bi.tas]

Noun

probitās f (genitive probitātis); third declension

1. honesty, probity
2. uprightness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	probitās	probitātēs
genitive	probitātis	probitātum
dative	probitātī	probitātibus
accusative	probitātem	probitātēs
ablative	probitāte	probitātibus
vocative	probitās	probitātēs

Descendants

• English: probity
• French: probité
• German: Probität
• Italian: probitate, probitade, probità
• Portuguese: probidade
• Spanish: probidad

References

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