ignominia

See also: ignomínia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignominia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɲ.ɲoˈmi.nja/
• Rhymes: -inja
• Hyphenation: i‧gno‧mì‧nia

Noun

ignominia f (plural ignominie)

1. ignominy

Related terms

• ignominioso

Further reading

• ignominia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ignominia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ nōmen +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡ.noːˈmi.ni.a/, [ɪŋnoːˈmɪniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲ.ɲoˈmi.ni.a/, [iɲːoˈmiːniä]

Noun

ignōminia f (genitive ignōminiae); first declension

1. dishonour, disgrace, ignominy

   Synonym: indignitās

   Antonym: dignitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ignōminia	ignōminiae
Genitive	ignōminiae	ignōminiārum
Dative	ignōminiae	ignōminiīs
Accusative	ignōminiam	ignōminiās
Ablative	ignōminiā	ignōminiīs
Vocative	ignōminia	ignōminiae

Derived terms

• ignōminiōsus

Descendants

• → English: ignominy
• → French: ignominie
• → Italian: ignominia
• → Portuguese: ignomínia
• → Romanian: ignominie
• → Spanish: ignominia

References

• “ignominia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignominia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ignominia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inflict an indignity upon, insult a person: aliquem ignominia afficere, notare
    
  • to inflict an indignity upon, insult a person: alicui ignominiam inurere
    
  • to chafe under an indignity, repudiate it: ignominiam non ferre
    
  • to brand a person with infamy: notare aliquem ignominia (Cluent. 43. 119)
    
• “ignominia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ignominia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ignominia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡnoˈminja/ [iɣ̞.noˈmi.nja]
• Rhymes: -inja
• Syllabification: ig‧no‧mi‧nia

Noun

ignominia f (plural ignominias)

1. ignominy

Related terms

• ignominioso

 

Further reading

• “ignominia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014