LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

abundantia

abundantia f (genitive abundantiae)
Classical[a.bʊnˈdan.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[a.bunˈdan.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineabundance

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabundantiaabundantiae
genitiveabundantiaeabundantiārum
dativeabundantiaeabundantiīs
accusativeabundantiamabundantiās
ablativeabundantiāabundantiīs
vocativeabundantiaabundantiae

ăbundantĭa, ae, f. abundo,
I. abundance, plenty, fulness, richness (syn. copia).
I. In the Cic. and Aug. per. usu. with a gen. to define it more exactly: omnium rerum abundantia et copia, Cic. Lael. 23; id. Agr. 2, 97: otii, id. Fam. 7, 1: amoris, id. ib. 1, 9, 1 al.—
II. Absol., pecuniary wealth, riches, Cic. Cat. 2, 10; Tac. Agr. 6; id. H. 2, 94: laborare abundantiā, from overloading the stomach, Suet. Claud. 44 (cf. id. ib. 40).—Fig., of speech: multa ex juvenili abundantiā coërcuisse, Quint. 12, 1, 20.

Origins

From abundō (“abound, exceed”).

Borrowings
  • Catalanabundància
  • Englishabundance
  • Frenchabondance
  • Italianabbondanza
  • Portugueseabundância
  • Romanianabundență
  • Sardinianabbunnanzia
  • Spanishabundancia
  • Dalmatianbonduanza
  • Haitian Creoleabondans
Elsewhere
  • Portugueseabondançafrom Old Galician-Portuguese avondança
  • Asturianabondancia
  • Asturianabondanza
  • Galicianabondanzafrom Old Galician-Portuguese avondança

In English words that came into English from abundantia

  • abundanceabundantia

Quick answers

What does abundantia mean in Latin?
abundantia, a noun, means “abundance”.
What is the genitive of abundantia?
The genitive singular is abundantiae. abundantia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce abundantia?
In classical Latin, [a.bʊnˈdan.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.bunˈdan.t͡si.a].