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Latin
Etymology
From profānus + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
profānitās f (genitive profānitātis); third declension
- profaneness, profanity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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