inclementia

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

inclēmēns (harsh) +‎ -ia

Noun

inclēmentia f (genitive inclēmentiae); first declension

  1. harshness, unkindness, fierceness, severity, cruelty, rigor, lack of mercy
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.602–603:
      “‘[...] dīvom inclēmentia, dīvom, / hās ēvertit opēs sternitque ā culmine Troiam.’”
      “‘[It is] the harshness of the gods – [Yes, the] gods’ [cruelty] overturns these riches and strikes down Troy from its height.’”
      (Aeneas recalls how Venus revealed to him the deities who were destroying the city.)
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inclēmentia inclēmentiae
genitive inclēmentiae inclēmentiārum
dative inclēmentiae inclēmentiīs
accusative inclēmentiam inclēmentiās
ablative inclēmentiā inclēmentiīs
vocative inclēmentia inclēmentiae
Descendants
  • Italian: inclemenza
  • Spanish: inclemencia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

inclēmentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of inclēmēns

References

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