paupertas

Latin

Etymology

Derived from pauper (“poor”) +‎ -tās (“-ty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pau̯ˈper.taːs/, [päu̯ˈpɛrt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pau̯ˈper.tas/, [päu̯ˈpɛrt̪äs]

Noun

paupertās f (genitive paupertātis); third declension

1. the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence

   Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus

   Antonyms: dīvitiae, opulentia

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paupertās	paupertātēs
Genitive	paupertātis	paupertātum
Dative	paupertātī	paupertātibus
Accusative	paupertātem	paupertātēs
Ablative	paupertāte	paupertātibus
Vocative	paupertās	paupertātēs

Derived terms

• paupertātula

Related terms

• pauper
• pauperāscō
• pauperculus
• pauperiēs
• pauperius
• pauperō
• paupertīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: pobretat
• Corsican: puvertà, puvartà
• Friulian: puaretât
• Italian: povertà
• Old French: poverté
  • French: pauvreté
  • Norman: pouôrreté
  • → Middle English: poverte
    • English: poverty
• Old Occitan: paubretat
  • Occitan: paubretat, pauretat
• Romanian: paupertate
• Sicilian: puvirtà, puvirtati
• Spanish: pobredad

References

• “paupertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paupertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paupertas 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)
• paupertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• paupertas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016