circumstantia
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈstan.ti.a/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠t̪än̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈstan.t͡si.a/, [t͡ʃirkumˈst̪änt̪͡s̪iä]
Etymology 1
editFrom circumstāns.
Noun
editcircumstantia f (genitive circumstantiae); first declension
- surrounding (standing around)
- encircling troops
- circumstance
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | circumstantia | circumstantiae |
Genitive | circumstantiae | circumstantiārum |
Dative | circumstantiae | circumstantiīs |
Accusative | circumstantiam | circumstantiās |
Ablative | circumstantiā | circumstantiīs |
Vocative | circumstantia | circumstantiae |
Descendants
edit- Asturian: circunstancia
- English: circumstance
- French: circonstance
- Galician: circunstancia
- Italian: circostanza
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Papiamentu: sirkunstansha
- Romanian: circumstanță
- Spanish: circunstancia
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
editcircumstantia
References
edit- “circumstantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumstantia 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)
- circumstantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.