honestas

== Latin == === Etymology === From either honestus (“honored, having or deserving honor”) or honor (“honour”) +‎ -(i)tās; in the former case, this would be a haplological form of *honestitās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈnɛs.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈnɛs.tas] === Noun === honestās f (genitive honestātis); third declension respectability honor, honour, honorableness (by extension) (honorable) character, integrity, probity, virtue wealth nobility ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== (Many descendants had the ending of the medieval inherited word analogized following the descendant of -itās.) Catalan: honestedat Italian: onestà Old French: honesté, onesté (earlier), honesteté (later)Middle French: honestetéFrench: honnêteté→ Middle English: honeste, honestee, honestete, honestetee, honestie, honesty, honestyte, oneste, onestete, onestetee, onestyEnglish: honestyScots: honesty Old Spanish: onestat, onestad Spanish: honestad, honestidad Occitan: onestetat Piedmontese: onestà Portuguese: honestidade Romanian: onestitate, onestate (obsolete) Sicilian: unistà === Verb === honestās second-person singular present active indicative of honestō === References === “honestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “honestas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "honestas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “honestas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Adjective === honestas f pl feminine plural of honesto == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈnestas/ [oˈnes.t̪as] Rhymes: -estas Syllabification: ho‧nes‧tas === Adjective === honestas f pl feminine plural of honesto === Verb === honestas second-person singular present indicative of honestar