nequitia

Latin

Alternative forms

• nēquitiēs

Etymology

From nēquam (“worthless”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neːˈkʷi.ti.a/, [neːˈkʷɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈkwit.t͡si.a/, [neˈkwit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

nēquitia f (genitive nēquitiae); first declension

1. A bad moral quality; idleness, negligence, inactivity, remissness; worthlessness; vileness, depravity, wickedness
2. Lightness, levity, inconsiderateness.
3. Prodigality, profusion.
4. Profligacy, wantonness, roguery, lewdness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nēquitia	nēquitiae
genitive	nēquitiae	nēquitiārum
dative	nēquitiae	nēquitiīs
accusative	nēquitiam	nēquitiās
ablative	nēquitiā	nēquitiīs
vocative	nēquitia	nēquitiae

Related terms

• nēquam
• nēquiter

Descendants

• Italian: nequizia
• Portuguese: nequícia
• Spanish: nequicia

References

• “nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nequitia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nequitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.