maiestas

Latin

Alternative forms

• majestās

Etymology

From maior +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mai̯ˈi̯es.taːs/, [mäi̯ˈi̯ɛs̠t̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈjes.tas/, [mäˈjɛst̪äs]

Noun

maiestās f (genitive maiestātis); third declension

1. majesty, dignity, prestige
2. treason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maiestās	maiestātēs
Genitive	maiestātis	maiestātum
Dative	maiestātī	maiestātibus
Accusative	maiestātem	maiestātēs
Ablative	maiestāte	maiestātibus
Vocative	maiestās	maiestātēs

Derived terms

• maiestātīvus (Late Latin)

Descendants

• → Danish: majestæt
• → Dutch: majesteit
• → English: majesty
• → French: majesté
  • → Turkish: majeste
• → Galician: maxestade
• → German: Majestät
• → Italian: maestà
• Old French: maesté, maisté
• → Piedmontese: majestà
• → Portuguese: majestade
• → Romanian: maiestate
• → Spanish: majestad

References

• “maiestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maiestas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
    
• “maiestas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.