convalescentia

Latin

Etymology

From convalēscēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.u̯a.leːsˈken.ti.a/, [kɔnu̯äɫ̪eːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.va.leʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [koɱväleʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

convalēscentia f (genitive convalēscentiae); first declension

1. convalescence
   • c. 345 CE – 402 CE, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Books of Letters 3.11:

     Dē meā aegritūdine nēquāquam tē rūmor fefellit, sed iam – modo mihi venia dictī sit – convalēscentiae portus aperītur.

     Concerning my illness, the rumour by no means deceived you, but now – may there just be for me forgiveness of the saying – a haven of convalescence is opened.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	convalēscentia	convalēscentiae
Genitive	convalēscentiae	convalēscentiārum
Dative	convalēscentiae	convalēscentiīs
Accusative	convalēscentiam	convalēscentiās
Ablative	convalēscentiā	convalēscentiīs
Vocative	convalēscentia	convalēscentiae

Participle

convalēscentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of convalēscēns

References

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