reverentia

Interlingua

Etymology

From English reverence, Spanish reverencia, French révérence, Portuguese reverência and Italian riverenza, all from Latin reverēntia. By surface analysis, reverente +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.veˈren.t͡sja/, /-sja/, /-tja/

Noun

reverentia (plural reverentias)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) reverence

Latin

Etymology

From reverēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Noun

reverēntia f (genitive reverēntiae); first declension

  1. timidity, shyness (due to respect)
  2. awe, reverence

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative reverēntia reverēntiae
genitive reverēntiae reverēntiārum
dative reverēntiae reverēntiīs
accusative reverēntiam reverēntiās
ablative reverēntiā reverēntiīs
vocative reverēntia reverēntiae

Descendants

References

  • reverentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reverentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "reverentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • reverentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.