quietantia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷi.eːˈtan.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷi.eˈt̪an.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Etymology 1

From quiētans, present participle of quiētor (“to calm down, quiet down”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

quiētantia f (genitive quiētantiae); first declension (Late Latin)

a release or acquittal
a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	quiētantia	quiētantiae
genitive	quiētantiae	quiētantiārum
dative	quiētantiae	quiētantiīs
accusative	quiētantiam	quiētantiās
ablative	quiētantiā	quiētantiīs
vocative	quiētantia	quiētantiae

Descendants

Old French: quitance

French: quittance

Italian: quietanza

Etymology 2

Inflected form of quiētāns (“calming”).

Participle

quiētantia

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of quiētāns

References

quietantia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016