audentia

Latin

Etymology

audēns (“bold, daring”) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈden.ti.a/, [äu̯ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈden.t͡si.a/, [äu̯ˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

audentia f (genitive audentiae); first declension

1. boldness, courage, daring

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	audentia	audentiae
Genitive	audentiae	audentiārum
Dative	audentiae	audentiīs
Accusative	audentiam	audentiās
Ablative	audentiā	audentiīs
Vocative	audentia	audentiae

Synonyms

• (courage): audācia, fortitūdō, mēns, mīlitia, virtūs

Related terms

• audācia
• audācter
• audāculus
• audāx
• audēns
• audenter
• audeō
• ausum
• ausus

Participle

audentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of audēns

References

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