inclementia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.kleːˈmen.ti.a/, [ɪŋkɫ̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.kleˈmen.t͡si.a/, [iŋkleˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

inclēmēns (“harsh”) +‎ -ia

Noun

inclēmentia f (genitive inclēmentiae); first declension

1. harshness, unkindness, fierceness, severity, cruelty, rigor, lack of mercy
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.602–603:

     “‘[...] dīvom inclēmentia, dīvom, / hās ēvertit opēs sternitque ā culmine Troiam.’”

     “‘[It is] the harshness of the gods – [Yes, the] gods’ [cruelty] overturns these riches and strikes down Troy from its height.’”
     (Aeneas recalls how Venus revealed to him the deities who were destroying the city. Syncope: divorum.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inclēmentia	inclēmentiae
Genitive	inclēmentiae	inclēmentiārum
Dative	inclēmentiae	inclēmentiīs
Accusative	inclēmentiam	inclēmentiās
Ablative	inclēmentiā	inclēmentiīs
Vocative	inclēmentia	inclēmentiae

Descendants

• Italian: inclemenza
• Spanish: inclemencia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

inclēmentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of inclēmēns

References

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