absentia

English

Etymology

From Latin absentia (being away, absence), from absēns (absent), present active participle of absum (I am away or absent); compare absent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æbˈsɛnt͡ʃi.ə/, /æbˈsɛnt͡ʃə/, /æbˈsɛnʃə/, /æbˈsɛnʃi.ə/

Noun

absentia

  1. absence

Usage notes

  • This sense of the word absentia is normally found only in the borrowed Latin phrase in absentia (while absent); however, perhaps due to reanalysis of Latin in as English in, variants are occasionally found, such as “in his absentia” (meaning “while he was absent”). Such variants may be considered nonstandard.

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Interlingua

Noun

absentia (plural absentias)

  1. absence

Latin

Etymology

    From absēns (absent) +‎ -ia, present active participle of absum (I am away or absent), from ab (from, away from) + sum (I am).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    absentia f (genitive absentiae); first declension

    1. absence

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative absentia absentiae
    genitive absentiae absentiārum
    dative absentiae absentiīs
    accusative absentiam absentiās
    ablative absentiā absentiīs
    vocative absentia absentiae

    Descendants

    References

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