quietantia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷi.eːˈtan.ti.a/, [kʷieːˈt̪än̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwi.eˈtan.t͡si.a/, [kwieˈt̪änt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

From quiētans, present participle of quiētor (“to calm down, quiet down”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

quiētantia f (genitive quiētantiae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. a release or acquittal
2. a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quiētantia	quiētantiae
Genitive	quiētantiae	quiētantiārum
Dative	quiētantiae	quiētantiīs
Accusative	quiētantiam	quiētantiās
Ablative	quiētantiā	quiētantiīs
Vocative	quiētantia	quiētantiae

Descendants

• Old French: quitance

• French: quittance

• Italian: quietanza

Etymology 2

Inflected form of quiētāns (“calming”).

Participle

quiētantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of quiētāns

References

• quietantia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016