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

spite, malice, malignity
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.

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