noun · femininethird declension
impūnitās
impūnitās f (genitive impūnitātis)
Meaning
- impunity, freedom from punishment
- security
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | impūnitās inpūnitās | impūnitātēs inpūnitātēs |
| genitive | impūnitātis inpūnitātis | impūnitātum inpūnitātum |
| dative | impūnitātī inpūnitātī | impūnitātibus inpūnitātibus |
| accusative | impūnitātem inpūnitātem | impūnitātēs inpūnitātēs |
| ablative | impūnitāte inpūnitāte | impūnitātibus inpūnitātibus |
| vocative | impūnitās inpūnitās | impūnitātēs inpūnitātēs |
impūnĭtas (inp-), ātis, f. impunis,
I. freedom or safety from punishment, impunity (class.; cf.:
venia, obsequentia): quis ignorat maximam illecebram esse peccandi impunitatis spem? Cic. Mil. 16, 43: quem si vicisset, habiturus esset impunitatem et licentiam sempiternam, id. ib. 31, 84: impunitatem alicui dare, id. Phil. 8, 32; id. Planc. 1, 3: quorum impunitas fuit non modo a judicio, sed etiam a sermone, id. Rab. Post. 10, 27: impunitatem desertoris petit, Quint. 7, 7, 6: cum tanta praesertim gladiorum sit impunitas, Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27: impunitas peccatorum data videtur eis, qui ignominiam et infamiam ferunt sine dolore, id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45: flagitiorum, id. Pis. 9, 21: superfluens juvenili quadam dicendi impunitate et licentia, id. Brut. 91, 316; so, crebrescebat licentia atque impunitas asyla statuendi, Tac. A. 3, 60.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impūnitās (inp-) ātis, f
impunis, freedom from punishment, safety, impunity: illi inpunitatem concedere, S.: maximam inlecebram esse peccandi impunitatis spem: peccatorum.—Rashness, inconsiderateness: gladiorum: iuvenilis dicendi.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin impūnitās From impūnis (“unpunished”) + -tās.
Descendants
- Catalanimpunitat
- Frenchimpunité
- Romanianimpunitatefrom French impunité
- Italianimpunità
- Portugueseimpunidade
- Spanishimpunidad
- Galicianimpunidade