candentia

Latin

Etymology

From candēns (“gleaming white”).

Pronunciation

Noun

candentia f (genitive candentiae); first declension

  1. A white, clear or luminous lustre; whiteness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative candentia candentiae
genitive candentiae candentiārum
dative candentiae candentiīs
accusative candentiam candentiās
ablative candentiā candentiīs
vocative candentia candentiae

Descendants

  • → Spanish: candencia

References

  • “candentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • candentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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