LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

competentia

competentia f (genitive competentiae)
Classical[kɔm.pɛˈtɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[kom.peˈtɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineagreement, symmetry, correspondence
  2. feminineconjunction
  3. Medieval Latinfemininecompetence, expertise
    Super litterature competentia uestra uobis sufficiunt experimenta. As for his competence in letters your own test will suffice for you. In: 2012, Monumenta Franciscana. Volume I. Edited by J. S. Brewer and Richard Howlett, page 108:1251, letter from Adam Marsh to Robert Grosseteste In: 2006, The Letters of Adam Marsh. Volume I. Edited and translated by C. H. Lawrence, pages 54–55
    Ob mutuam itaque catitatem et reuerentiam, personis quibusdam debitam, ex aequitate Praetoris introductum esse beneficium competentiae recte coniecturatur OTTO, quia omnes ICti in libris ad Edictum illud explicarunt.1739, Traugott Thomasius, Problema iuris civilis an debitor pecuniam ob beneficium competentiae, page 8:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecompetentiacompetentiae
genitivecompetentiaecompetentiārum
dativecompetentiaecompetentiīs
accusativecompetentiamcompetentiās
ablativecompetentiācompetentiīs
vocativecompetentiacompetentiae

compĕtentĭa, ae, f. competo (postclass.),
I. a meeting together, agreement: membrorum inter se, symmetry, Gell. 1, 1, 3; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19, 21.—
II. Esp., of the stars, conjunction, aspect: nasci ad eandem competentiam (sc. siderum), Gell. 14, 1, 26; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 24 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin competentia From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalancompetència
  • Englishcompetence
  • Frenchcompétence
  • GermanKompetenz
  • Italiancompetenza
  • Portuguesecompetência
  • Romaniancompetență
  • Spanishcompetencia
  • Russianкомпете́нция

In English words that came into English from competentia

  • competencecompetentia
  • competencycompetentia

Quick answers

What does competentia mean in Latin?
competentia, a noun, means “agreement, symmetry, correspondence; conjunction; competence, expertise”.
What is the genitive of competentia?
The genitive singular is competentiae. competentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce competentia?
In classical Latin, [kɔm.pɛˈtɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kom.peˈtɛn.t͡si.a].