indignitas

Latin

Etymology

From indignus +‎ -tās.

Noun

indignitās f (genitive indignitātis); third declension

1. unworthiness
2. vileness
3. indignity, humiliation

   Synonym: ignōminia

   Antonym: dignitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indignitās	indignitātēs
Genitive	indignitātis	indignitātum
Dative	indignitātī	indignitātibus
Accusative	indignitātem	indignitātēs
Ablative	indignitāte	indignitātibus
Vocative	indignitās	indignitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: indignitat
• English: indignity
• French: indignité
• Italian: indegnità
• Ligurian: indegnitæ
• Romanian: indignitate
• Portuguese: indignidade
• Spanish: indignidad

References

• “indignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the revolting nature of an action: indignitas, atrocitas rei (Mur. 25. 51)