circumstantia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈstan.ti.a/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠t̪än̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈstan.t͡si.a/, [t͡ʃirkumˈst̪änt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

From circumstāns.

Noun

circumstantia f (genitive circumstantiae); first declension

1. surrounding (standing around)
2. encircling troops
3. circumstance

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumstantia	circumstantiae
Genitive	circumstantiae	circumstantiārum
Dative	circumstantiae	circumstantiīs
Accusative	circumstantiam	circumstantiās
Ablative	circumstantiā	circumstantiīs
Vocative	circumstantia	circumstantiae

Descendants

• Asturian: circunstancia
• English: circumstance
• French: circonstance
• Galician: circunstancia
• Italian: circostanza
• Portuguese: circunstância

  • Papiamentu: sirkunstansha

• Romanian: circumstanță
• Spanish: circunstancia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

circumstantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of circumstāns

References

• “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.