dignitas

See also: Dignitas

Latin

Etymology

dīgnus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɡ.ni.taːs/, [ˈdiːŋ.nɪ.taːs]

Noun

dignitās f (genitive dignitātis); third declension

worth, merit
fitness, suitability
esteem, standing, status, rank
dignity
deus ibi magna cum dignitate sedet
There the God sits with great dignity.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dignitās	dignitātēs
genitive	dignitātis	dignitātum
dative	dignitātī	dignitātibus
accusative	dignitātem	dignitātēs
ablative	dignitāte	dignitātibus
vocative	dignitās	dignitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: dignitat
English: dignity, dainty
French: dignité
Irish: dínit
Italian: dignità, degnità
Occitan: dignitat

Old French: deintié
Portuguese: dignidade, dinidade
Romanian: demnitate
Romansch: dignitad, dignited, dignità
Spanish: dignidad

References

dignitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dignitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
dignitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
dignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
- to insult a person's dignity: auctoritati, dignitati alicuius illudere
- to be in a dignified position: dignitas est summa in aliquo
- to be in a dignified position: summa dignitate praeditum esse
- to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
- to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
- to be careful of one's dignity: dignitati suae servire, consulere
- to elevate to the highest dignity: aliquem ad summam dignitatem perducere (B. G. 7. 39)
- to occupy the first, second position in the state: principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinere
- to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
- to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position: aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)
- to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere
- to attain a position of dignity: dignitatis gradum ascendere

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