clementia

Latin

Etymology

From clēmēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

clēmentia f (genitive clēmentiae); first declension

  1. mercy, clemency
  2. gentleness, mildness
  3. clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)
  4. Grace (capitalized for royal/imperial titles and addresses)
    Clementia tuayour Grace

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative clēmentia clēmentiae
genitive clēmentiae clēmentiārum
dative clēmentiae clēmentiīs
accusative clēmentiam clēmentiās
ablative clēmentiā clēmentiīs
vocative clēmentia clēmentiae

Descendants

  • Catalan: clemència
  • Dutch: clementie
  • English: clemency
  • French: clémence
  • Galician: clemencia
  • Italian: clemenza
  • Old French: clementia (isolated attestation)
  • Portuguese: clemência
  • Romanian: clemență
  • Sicilian: chimenza
  • Spanish: clemencia

References

  • clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • clementia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clementia.

Noun

clementia oblique singularf (oblique plural clementias, nominative singular clementia, nominative plural clementias)

  1. (9th century) clemency; mercy