maiestas

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From maior +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

maiestās f (genitive maiestātis); third declension

  1. majesty, dignity, prestige
  2. treason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maiestās maiestātēs
Genitive maiestātis maiestātum
Dative maiestātī maiestātibus
Accusative maiestātem maiestātēs
Ablative maiestāte maiestātibus
Vocative maiestās maiestātēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “maiestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maiestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
  • “maiestas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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