maiestas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From māior + -tās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maːjˈjes.taːs/, [maːjˈjɛs.taːs]

Noun

māiestās f (genitive māiestātis); third declension

  1. majesty, dignity, prestige
  2. treason

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative māiestās māiestātēs
genitive māiestātis māiestātum
dative māiestātī māiestātibus
accusative māiestātem māiestātēs
ablative māiestāte māiestātibus
vocative māiestās māiestātēs

Derived terms

  • māiestātīvus (Late Latin)

Descendants

References

  • maiestas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maiestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
  • maiestas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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