probitas

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from probus (honest”, “upright) +‎ -tās (-ity, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

probitās f (genitive probitātis); third declension

  1. honesty, probity
  2. uprightness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative probitās probitātēs
genitive probitātis probitātum
dative probitātī probitātibus
accusative probitātem probitātēs
ablative probitāte probitātibus
vocative probitās probitātēs

Descendants

References

  • probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • probitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "probitas", 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)
  • probitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.