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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ignominia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɲ.ɲoˈmi.nja/
- Rhymes: -inja
- Hyphenation: i‧gno‧mì‧nia
Noun
ignominia f (plural ignominie)
- ignominy
Related terms
Further reading
- ignominia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- ignominia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From in- + nōmen + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ignōminia f (genitive ignōminiae); first declension
- dishonour, disgrace, ignominy
- Synonym: indignitās
- Antonym: dignitās
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ignominia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ignominia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ignominia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inflict an indignity upon, insult a person: aliquem ignominia afficere, notare
- to inflict an indignity upon, insult a person: alicui ignominiam inurere
- to chafe under an indignity, repudiate it: ignominiam non ferre
- to brand a person with infamy: notare aliquem ignominia (Cluent. 43. 119)
- “ignominia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ignominia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ignominia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɡnoˈminja/
- Rhymes: -inja
- Syllabification: ig‧no‧mi‧nia
Noun
ignominia f (plural ignominias)
- ignominy
Related terms
Further reading