obscenitas

Latin

Etymology

From obscēnus +‎ -tas.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈskeː.ni.taːs/, [ɔpˈs̠keːnɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈʃe.ni.tas/, [obˈʃɛːnit̪äs]

Noun

obscēnitās f (genitive obscēnitātis); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obscēnitās	obscēnitātēs
Genitive	obscēnitātis	obscēnitātum
Dative	obscēnitātī	obscēnitātibus
Accusative	obscēnitātem	obscēnitātēs
Ablative	obscēnitāte	obscēnitātibus
Vocative	obscēnitās	obscēnitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: obscenitat
English: obscenity
French: obscénité
Galician: obscenidade
German: Obszönität
Italian: oscenità
Portuguese: obscenidade
Romanian: obscenitate
Spanish: obscenidad
Swedish: obscenitet

References

“obscenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obscenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
obscenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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