accidentia

English

Noun

accidentia

1. plural of accidens

Latin

Etymology 1

From accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“occur, befall”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kiˈden.ti.a/, [äkːɪˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃiˈden.t͡si.a/, [ätː͡ʃiˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

accidentia f (genitive accidentiae); first declension

1. casual event, chance, happenstance

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accidentia	accidentiae
Genitive	accidentiae	accidentiārum
Dative	accidentiae	accidentiīs
Accusative	accidentiam	accidentiās
Ablative	accidentiā	accidentiīs
Vocative	accidentia	accidentiae

Related terms

• accidēns
• accidō

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kiˈden.ti.aː/, [äkːɪˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃiˈden.t͡si.a/, [ätː͡ʃiˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

accidentiā f

1. ablative singular of accidentia

Etymology 2

Participle

accidentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of accidēns

Descendants

• → English: accidence
• → Old Irish: aiccidit
  • Irish: aicíd
• Portuguese: acidência

Etymology 3

Form of the verb accīdō (“I cut down”).

Participle

accīdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of accīdēns

References

• “accidentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accidentia 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)
• accidentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.