Latin edit

Etymology edit

From indulgēns +‎ -ia.

Noun edit

indulgentia f (genitive indulgentiae); first declension

  1. leniency, concession, pardon
    Synonyms: amnēstia, oblīviō, remissiō, venia
  2. indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness, kindness
    Synonyms: lēnitās, beneficium, misericordia, pietās, cōmitās, benignitās, benevolentia, venia
    Antonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, sevēritās, asperitās
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) indulgence, remission
    Synonym: laxāmentum

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative indulgentia indulgentiae
Genitive indulgentiae indulgentiārum
Dative indulgentiae indulgentiīs
Accusative indulgentiam indulgentiās
Ablative indulgentiā indulgentiīs
Vocative indulgentia indulgentiae

Descendants edit

References edit

  • indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • indulgentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • indulgentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • indulgentia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • indulgentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016