LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

cōnsequentia

cōnsequentia f (genitive cōnsequentiae)
Classical[kõː.sɛˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[kon.seˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. logical consequence
  2. sequence, progression
  3. analogy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnsequentiacōnsequentiae
genitivecōnsequentiaecōnsequentiārum
dativecōnsequentiaecōnsequentiīs
accusativecōnsequentiamcōnsequentiās
ablativecōnsequentiācōnsequentiīs
vocativecōnsequentiacōnsequentiae

consĕquentĭa, ae, f. consequor,
I. a consequence, natural succession (mostly post-class.; most freq. in the jurists; never in Quint.): eventorum, * Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128: naturae, Gell. 12, 5, 10; most freq. in phrase per consequentiam, by consequence: per consequentiam significatio est, cum res quae sequuntur aliquam rem dicuntur, ex quibus tota res relinquitur in suspitione, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Dig. 4, 3, 19; 10, 1, 5; so also in plur.: per consequentias, ib. 2, 8, 1 sq.; 47, 10, 1 al.

Origins

From cōnsequēns + -ia, present active participle of cōnsequor.

Descendants
  • Catalanconseqüència
  • Englishconsequence
  • Frenchconséquence
  • Italianconseguenza
  • Portugueseconsequência
  • Romanianconsecvență
  • Romanianconsecință
  • Spanishconsecuencia
  • Polishkonsekwencja

In English words that came into English from cōnsequentia

  • consequencecōnsequentia

Quick answers

What does cōnsequentia mean in Latin?
cōnsequentia, a noun, means “logical consequence; sequence, progression; analogy”.
What is the genitive of cōnsequentia?
The genitive singular is cōnsequentiae. cōnsequentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce cōnsequentia?
In classical Latin, [kõː.sɛˈkʷɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.seˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a].