LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

audientia

audientia f (genitive audientiae)
Classical[au̯.diˈɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[au̯.diˈɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineThe act of hearing or listening; attention, heed.
  2. feminineThe faculty of hearing.
  3. feminineA group of listeners, audience.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaudientiaaudientiae
genitiveaudientiaeaudientiārum
dativeaudientiaeaudientiīs
accusativeaudientiamaudientiās
ablativeaudientiāaudientiīs
vocativeaudientiaaudientiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

audientiam sibi (orationi) facere
to obtain a hearing.

audĭentĭa, ae, f. audio,
I. a hearing, a listening to something; audience, attention; mostly in the phrase, audientiam facere, to cause to give attention, to procure a hearing.
I. Lit: exsurge, praeco; fac populo audientiam, i. e. command silence, * Plaut. Poen. prol. 11: Illi praeco faciebat audientiam, Auct ad Her. 4, 55, 68; audientiam facere praeconem jussit, Liv. 43, 16: quantam denique audientiam orationi meae improbitas illius factura, Cic. Div in Caeeil. 13, 42; so id. Sen. 9, 28; id. de Or. 2, 80, 325: tribuere, to give a hearing, App. M. 3, p. 131, 14: praebere, Cod. 7, 19, 7: impertiri, ib. 2, 13, 1.—
II. Meton.
A. The faculty of hearing, hearing, Prud. στεφ. 954. —
B. The ears (abstr. for concr.), Arn. 3, p. 117; 5, p. 178.

Origins

From audiēns (with -ia suffix), present active participle of audiō (“hear, listen”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaudiència
  • Englishaudience
  • Frenchaudience
  • GermanAudienz
  • Italianudienza
  • Portugueseaudiência
  • Romanianaudiență
  • Spanishaudiencia
  • Galicianaudiencia
  • Polishaudiencja

In English words that came into English from audientia

  • audienceaudientia

Quick answers

What does audientia mean in Latin?
audientia, a noun, means “The act of hearing or listening; attention, heed.; The faculty of hearing.”.
What is the genitive of audientia?
The genitive singular is audientiae. audientia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce audientia?
In classical Latin, [au̯.diˈɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯.diˈɛn.t͡si.a].