LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

audentia

audentia f (genitive audentiae)
Classical[au̯ˈdɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[au̯ˈdɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineboldness, courage, daring

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaudentiaaudentiae
genitiveaudentiaeaudentiārum
dativeaudentiaeaudentiīs
accusativeaudentiamaudentiās
ablativeaudentiāaudentiīs
vocativeaudentiaaudentiae

audentĭa, ae, f. audens,
I. boldness, courage, spirit, in a good sense (only postAug. and rare; syn.: audacia, animus).
I. Lit.: audacia et audentia hoc diversa sunt, quod audacia temeritatis est, audentia fortitudinis, Non. p. 431, 6: ut quisque audentiae habuisset, Tac. A. 15, 53: nec defuit audentia Druso Germanico: sed obstitit Oceanus, id. G. 34: usurpatum raro et privatā cujusque audentiā, id. ib. 31.—
II. Trop., freedom in the use of words, license: si datur Homero et mollia vocabula et Graeca ad levitatem versus contrahere, extendere, inflectere, cur tibi similis audentia non detur? Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin audentia From audēns (“bold, daring”) + -ia.

Quick answers

What does audentia mean in Latin?
audentia, a noun, means “boldness, courage, daring”.
What is the genitive of audentia?
The genitive singular is audentiae. audentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce audentia?
In classical Latin, [au̯ˈdɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯ˈdɛn.t͡si.a].