nequitia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nēquam (worthless).

Pronunciation

Noun

nēquitia f (genitive nēquitiae); first declension

  1. A bad moral quality; idleness, negligence, inactivity, remissness; worthlessness; vileness, depravity, wickedness
  2. Lightness, levity, inconsiderateness.
  3. Prodigality, profusion.
  4. Profligacy, wantonness, roguery, lewdness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nēquitia nēquitiae
Genitive nēquitiae nēquitiārum
Dative nēquitiae nēquitiīs
Accusative nēquitiam nēquitiās
Ablative nēquitiā nēquitiīs
Vocative nēquitia nēquitiae

Descendants

  • Italian: nequizia
  • Portuguese: nequícia
  • Spanish: nequicia

References

  • nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nequitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nequitia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nequitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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