dignitās, dignitātis

Definitions for dignitās

Wheelock's Latin

Noun

1
merit, prestige, dignity
English derivatives:
indignity deign dignify indignant indignation

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Noun

1
Fitness (for a task, etc., stated or implied). suitability, worthiness.
2
The quality of being worthy, excellence. (b) visual impressiveness or distinction. (c) impressiveness, dignity (of style, gesture, etc.).
3
Rank, status. (b) a position conferring rank, etc., office. (c) (pl., meton.) persons of high rank or position.

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Sentences with dignitās

Latin to English

Duae sunt artēs igitur quae possunt locāre hominēs in amplissimō gradū dignitātis: ūna imperātoris, altera ōrātōris bonī. (Cicero, Pro Murena 30)Compare There are two professions that lead a man to the highest rank of office, that of general, and that of good orator.

Quam cito ille omnis ex laetitia ad luctus recido, ut, qui paullo ante consul designatus sum, retineo repente nullus vestigium pristinus dignitas!Compare How quickly did all those things fall from gladness to sorrow, so that he, who a short time before had been consul elect, retained on a sudden no vestige of his former dignity!

Is scribo ad tu, qui non alienus sum duco a dignitas tuus.Compare I wrote such things to you, as I thought were not inconsistent with your dignity.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 271.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 542.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 126.

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "dignitās, dignitātis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 19, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/dignitas-dignitatis.