Interlingua edit

Noun edit

substantia (plural substantias)

  1. substance

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From substāns, present active participle of substō (stand under; exist), from sub + stō (stand).

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Noun edit

substantia f (genitive substantiae); first declension

  1. substance, essence, material, contents
  2. fortune, property, possessions

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative substantia substantiae
Genitive substantiae substantiārum
Dative substantiae substantiīs
Accusative substantiam substantiās
Ablative substantiā substantiīs
Vocative substantia substantiae

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References edit

  • substantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • substantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • substantia 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)
  • substantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.