deformitas

Latin

Etymology

From dēfōrmis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈfoːr.mi.taːs/, [d̪eːˈfoːrmɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfor.mi.tas/, [d̪eˈfɔrmit̪äs]

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.

Case	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.