immodestia

Italian

Noun

immodestia f (plural immodestie)

1. immodesty

Related terms

• immodesto

Latin

Etymology

immodestus (“immoderate”) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.moˈdes.ti.a/, [ɪmːɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.moˈdes.ti.a/, [imːoˈd̪ɛst̪iä]

Noun

immodestia f (genitive immodestiae); first declension

1. intemperate or licentious behaviour

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	immodestia	immodestiae
Genitive	immodestiae	immodestiārum
Dative	immodestiae	immodestiīs
Accusative	immodestiam	immodestiās
Ablative	immodestiā	immodestiīs
Vocative	immodestia	immodestiae

References

• “immodestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immodestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers