Latin

Suffix

-itia f ‎(genitive -itiae); first declension

1. -ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.

Usage notes

The suffix -itia is added to an adjective (or rarely a noun) to form an abstract first declension noun describing the condition of being something.

Examples:

dūritia ‎(“hardness”), from dūrus ‎(“hard”)

laetitiā ‎(“happiness”), from laetus ‎(“happy”)

trīstitia ‎(“sadness”), from trīstis ‎(“sad”)

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (-ness, -ity): -ia, -itās

Derived terms

Descendants