querimonia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin querimonia.

Noun

querimonia f (plural querimonie)

  1. complaint, grievance, grumble, bellyache

Latin

Etymology

From queror (I complain, or a related adjectival root) +‎ -mōnia.

Noun

querimōnia f (genitive querimōniae); first declension

  1. complaint (grievance)
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.27:
      Nunc, ut ā mē, patrēs cōnscrīptī, quandam prope iūstam patriae querimōniam dētester ac dēprecer, percipite, quaesō, dīligenter, quae dīcam, et ea penitus animīs vestrīs mentibusque mandāte.
      Now, Conscript Fathers, in order that I may ward off and plead against a certain, almost justified, complaint from the nation that is aimed at me, please, I beg you, pay close attention to what I am about to say, and commit those [words] deeply to your hearts and minds.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative querimōnia querimōniae
genitive querimōniae querimōniārum
dative querimōniae querimōniīs
accusative querimōniam querimōniās
ablative querimōniā querimōniīs
vocative querimōnia querimōniae

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Portuguese: caramunha
  • Borrowed:

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