-itia

• -itiēs

An extended form of -ia. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ti.a/, [ˈɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈit.t͡si.a/, [ˈit̪ː͡s̪iä]

-itia f (genitive -itiae); first declension

1. -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.

The suffix -itia is added to an adjective (or rarely a noun) to form an abstract first declension noun describing the condition of being something.

Examples:

‎dūrus (“hard”) + ‎-itia → ‎dūritia (“hardness”)

‎laetus (“happy”) + ‎-itia → ‎laetitia (“happiness”)

‎trīstis (“sad”) + ‎-itia → ‎trīstitia (“sadness”)

First-declension noun.

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itās

• -itiēs

• Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.
• Priberam Informática S.A (accessed 2023-06-12), “eza”, in Dicionário Priberam (in pt-br)