substantia

Latin

Etymology

From substāns, present active participle of substō (“stand under; exist”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /supˈstan.ti.a/

Noun

substantia (genitive substantiae); f, first declension

1. substance, essence, material, contents
2. fortune, property, possessions

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	substantia	substantiae
genitive	substantiae	substantiārum
dative	substantiae	substantiīs
accusative	substantiam	substantiās
ablative	substantiā	substantiīs
vocative	substantia	substantiae

Derived terms

• substantiālis
• substantiola
• substantīvus

Related terms

stō substāns substantiālitās

substantīvālis substō

Descendants

Catalan: substància Dalmatian: sostuanza Danish: substans English: substance French: substance Friulian: sustance Italian: sostanza Old Irish: substaint Irish: substaint Scottish Gaelic: susbaint

Occitan: substença Portuguese: substância, sustância, sustança Romanian: substanță Russian: субстанция Sardinian: sustanzia Spanish: substancia

References

• substantia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879