LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

clēmentia

clēmentia f (genitive clēmentiae)
Classical[kɫeːˈmɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[kleˈmɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. mercy, clemency
  2. gentleness, mildness
  3. clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)
  4. Grace (capitalized for royal/imperial titles and addresses)
    Clementia tuayour Grace

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Mansuetudo · Clementia

Mansuetudo (from manui suetus) is the mildness and magnanimity of a private individual, who does not take vengeance for a mortification suffered, in opp. to iracundia; whereas clementia (from ἀκαλός, κηλεῖν, and mens,) the mercifulness and humanity of the ruler, or the judge, who does not inflict upon the malefactor the punishment which he deserves, in opp. to crudelitas. Sen. Clem. 2. Cic. Lig. 3. Att. viii. 9. Plin. Pan. 3. (v. 11.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeclēmentiaclēmentiae
genitiveclēmentiaeclēmentiārum
dativeclēmentiaeclēmentiīs
accusativeclēmentiamclēmentiās
ablativeclēmentiāclēmentiīs
vocativeclēmentiaclēmentiae

clēmentĭa, ae, f. 1. clemens.
I. A calm, tranquil state of the elements, calmness, mildness, tranquillity (like clemens in this signif. mostly post-Aug.): clementia ventorum, tranquillitas maris, App. de Deo Socr. p. 52, 1: soli caelique, Flor. 3, 3, 18; cf.: emollit gentes clementia caeli, Luc. 8, 366: aestatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: hiemis, Col. 5, 5, 6: nascentis anni, id. 11, 3, 9: diei, id. 9, 13, 4: Nili, Stat. Th. 3, 527.—
II. (Acc. to clemens, II. B.) Indulgent, forbearing conduct towards the errors and faults of others, moderation, mildness, humanity, forbearance, benignity, clemency, mercy (the class. signif.; very freq., esp. in prose; syn.: benignitas, comitas, lenitas, mansuetudo, etc.): clementia (est), per quam animi temere in odium alicujus concitati invectio comitate retinetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: clementia est temperantia animi in potestate ulciscendi, vel lenitas... in constituendis poenis, Sen. Clem. 2, 3: facilitas et clementia, * Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115; id. Deiot. 15, 43; id. Lig. 3, 10: lenitas et clementia, id. Att. 14, 19, 2: clementia et probitas vestra, Sall. H. 1, 41, 1 Dietsch; Liv. 3, 58, 4; Ov. M. 8, 57; Quint. 9, 2, 28; Tac. H. 3, 19: juris, Quint. 7, 4, 18 Spald., and antith. to jus asperius, id. 9, 2, 90; opp. severitatem, Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4: elephanti contra minus validos, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: leonis in supplices, id. 8, 16, 19, § 48; and as an attribute of princes, id. 8, 7, 7, § 48; Vop. Aur. 44; whence a title of the emperors, v. IV.—Less freq.,
B. Kindness, sympathy: satrapes violare clementiam quam regis opes minui maluit, Nep. Alcib. 10, 3.—
III. Clementia, personified as a deity, the goddess of grace, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14; Stat. Th. 12, 482 sq.; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 6 sq.—
IV. A title of the emperor: Clementia tua, Your Grace, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 65; Spart. ap. Geta, I. init.

Origins

From clēmēns + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanclemència
  • Englishclemency
  • Frenchclémence
  • Italianclemenza
  • Portugueseclemência
  • Romanianclemență
  • Spanishclemencia
  • Dutchclementie
  • Galicianclemencia
  • Old Frenchclementia

Quick answers

What does clēmentia mean in Latin?
clēmentia, a noun, means “mercy, clemency; gentleness, mildness; clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)”.
What is the genitive of clēmentia?
The genitive singular is clēmentiae. clēmentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce clēmentia?
In classical Latin, [kɫeːˈmɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kleˈmɛn.t͡si.a].