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maiestatis

maiestatis is a Latin form of maiestas, meaning “greatness, majesty, dignity; (crimen maiestatis) treason”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 161 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.12: … vivos atque incolumis domi suae, posteaquam Romam redierit, usque dum per me licuerit retinuisse. hoc in illo maiestatis iudicio si licuisse sibi ostenderit, ego oportuisse concedam. ex hoc quoque evaserit: proficiscar eo quo me i …

Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 9.2: Maiestatis laesae sit actio. Flamininus praetor inter cenam a meretrice rogatus, quae aiebat numquam se uidisse hominem …

All forms of maiestas (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.