paenitentia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pae̯.niˈten.ti.a/, [pae̯.nɪˈtɛn.ti.a]

Noun

paenitentia f (genitive paenitentiae); first declension

  1. repentance, penitence, regret

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative paenitentia paenitentiae
genitive paenitentiae paenitentiārum
dative paenitentiae paenitentiīs
accusative paenitentiam paenitentiās
ablative paenitentiā paenitentiīs
vocative paenitentia paenitentiae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ladin: penitenza
  • Mirandese: peniténcia
  • Old French: peneance
  • Old Portuguese: pẽedença
  • Piedmontese: penitensa
  • Portuguese: pendença, penitência (borrowing)
  • Sardinian: peneténscia, peneténtzia, penetéscia, peniténscia, peniténtzia, penitéssia
  • Spanish: penitencia

Participle

paenitentia

  1. nominative neuter plural of paenitēns
  2. accusative neuter plural of paenitēns
  3. vocative neuter plural of paenitēns

References

  • paenitentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paenitentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paenitentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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