vilitas

Latin

Etymology

From vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.li.taːs/, [ˈwiː.lɪ.taːs]

Noun

vīlitās f (genitive vīlitātis); third declension

  1. cheapness, inexpensiveness
  2. meanness, baseness, worthlessness, vileness
  3. contempt

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vīlitās vīlitātēs
genitive vīlitātis vīlitātum
dative vīlitātī vīlitātibus
accusative vīlitātem vīlitātēs
ablative vīlitāte vīlitātibus
vocative vīlitās vīlitātēs

Descendants

References

  • vilitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vilitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vilitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • dearth of corn; high prices: caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annona
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