magnificentia

Latin

Etymology

From magnificus.

Noun

magnificentia f (genitive magnificentiae); first declension

  1. greatness, magnificence
    Synonym: apparātus
  2. nobleness, eminence
  3. magnanimity, generosity
  4. boasting, pride

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative magnificentia magnificentiae
genitive magnificentiae magnificentiārum
dative magnificentiae magnificentiīs
accusative magnificentiam magnificentiās
ablative magnificentiā magnificentiīs
vocative magnificentia magnificentiae

Descendants

  • → Catalan: magnificència
  • → French: magnificence
  • → Italian: magnificenza
  • → Piedmontese: magnificensa
  • → Portuguese: magnificência
  • → Romanian: magnificență
  • → Spanish: magnificencia

References

  • “magnificentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “magnificentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "magnificentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • magnificentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • sumptuous public games: magnificentia ludorum
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