profanitas

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Latin

Etymology

From profānus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

profānitās f (genitive profānitātis); third declension

  1. profaneness, profanity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative profānitās profānitātēs
genitive profānitātis profānitātum
dative profānitātī profānitātibus
accusative profānitātem profānitātēs
ablative profānitāte profānitātibus
vocative profānitās profānitātēs

Descendants

References

  • profanitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • profanitas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • profanitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press