LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

dēlinquentia

dēlinquentia f (genitive dēlinquentiae)
Classical[deː.lɪŋˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[de.liŋˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmisdeed; offense; transgression

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēlinquentiadēlinquentiae
genitivedēlinquentiaedēlinquentiārum
dativedēlinquentiaedēlinquentiīs
accusativedēlinquentiamdēlinquentiās
ablativedēlinquentiādēlinquentiīs
vocativedēlinquentiadēlinquentiae

dēlinquentĭa, ae, f. delinquo,
I. a fault, crime, delinquency; only in Tert. Res. Carn. 46 and 47.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēlinquentia From dēlinquēns (“transgressing; offending”) + -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalandelinqüència
  • Englishdelinquency
  • Frenchdélinquance
  • GermanDelinquenz
  • Italiandelinquenza
  • Portuguesedelinquência
  • Spanishdelincuencia
  • Galiciandelincuencia
  • Siciliandilinquenzia

In English words that came into English from dēlinquentia

  • delinquencydēlinquentia

Quick answers

What does dēlinquentia mean in Latin?
dēlinquentia, a noun, means “misdeed; offense; transgression”.
What is the genitive of dēlinquentia?
The genitive singular is dēlinquentiae. dēlinquentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce dēlinquentia?
In classical Latin, [deː.lɪŋˈkʷɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.liŋˈkʷɛn.t͡si.a].