concupiscentia

Latin

Etymology

From concupīscēns (present participle of concupīscō) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.ku.piːsˈken.ti.a/, [kɔŋkʊpiːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ku.piʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [koŋkupiʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

concupīscentia f (genitive concupīscentiae); first declension

1. longing, desire, concupiscence
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) concupiscence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	concupīscentia	concupīscentiae
Genitive	concupīscentiae	concupīscentiārum
Dative	concupīscentiae	concupīscentiīs
Accusative	concupīscentiam	concupīscentiās
Ablative	concupīscentiā	concupīscentiīs
Vocative	concupīscentia	concupīscentiae

Descendants

• French: concupiscence
• Italian: concupiscenza
• Portuguese: concupiscência
• Romanian: concupiscență
• Spanish: concupiscencia

References

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