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Latin
Etymology
Derived from pauper (“poor”) + -tās (“-ty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paupertās f (genitive paupertātis); third declension
- the state of being poor, poverty; need, indigence
- Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus
- Antonyms: dīvitiae, opulentia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016