LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

iniūstitia

iniūstitia f (genitive iniūstitiae)

Meaning

  1. injustice, unfairness, inequity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeiniūstitiainiūstitiae
genitiveiniūstitiaeiniūstitiārum
dativeiniūstitiaeiniūstitiīs
accusativeiniūstitiaminiūstitiās
ablativeiniūstitiāiniūstitiīs
vocativeiniūstitiainiūstitiae

injustĭtĭa, ae, f. injustus.
I. Injustice, unjust proceeding: injustitiae duo genera sunt, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23: totius injustitiae nulla capitalior est, quam eorum, etc., id. ib. 13, 41; id. N. D. 3, 28 fin.; id. Tusc. 4, 18, 42.—Plur.: exprobrante illis peccata et injustitias, Lact. 4, 16, 12.—
II. Severity, harsh proceeding: eum ego hinc ejeci injustitiā meā, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 82.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininiūstitia

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Archaic Latin -tus Archaic Latin iovestos Latin iūstus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin iūstitia Latin iniūstitia From in- + iūstitia.

Descendants
  • Catalaninjustícia
  • Englishinjustice
  • Frenchinjustice
  • Italianingiustizia
  • Portugueseinjustiça
  • Romanianinjustiție
  • Spanishinjusticia
  • Siciliangnustizzia

In English words that came into English from iniūstitia

  • injusticeiniūstitia

Quick answers

What does iniūstitia mean in Latin?
iniūstitia, a noun, means “injustice, unfairness, inequity”.
What is the genitive of iniūstitia?
The genitive singular is iniūstitiae. iniūstitia is feminine, first declension.
Where does iniūstitia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin iniūstitia.