malignitas

Latin

Etymology

From malignus (“malicious”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈliɡ.ni.tas/, [mäˈlʲɪŋnɪt̪äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈliɲ.ɲi.tas/, [mäˈliɲːit̪äs]

Noun

malignitās f (genitive malignitātis); third declension

1. spite, malice, malignity
2. stinginess, niggardliness, meanness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	malignitās	malignitātēs
Genitive	malignitātis	malignitātum
Dative	malignitātī	malignitātibus
Accusative	malignitātem	malignitātēs
Ablative	malignitāte	malignitātibus
Vocative	malignitās	malignitātēs

Descendants

• French: malignité
• Italian: malignità
• Portuguese: malignidade
• Romanian: malignitate
• Spanish: malignidad

References

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