LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

dēsinentia

dēsinentia f (genitive dēsinentiae)
Classical[deː.sɪˈnɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[de.s̬iˈnɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinending, cessation, termination

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēsinentiadēsinentiae
genitivedēsinentiaedēsinentiārum
dativedēsinentiaedēsinentiīs
accusativedēsinentiamdēsinentiās
ablativedēsinentiādēsinentiīs
vocativedēsinentiadēsinentiae

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēsinentia

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Latin sinō Latin dēsinōder. Latin dēsinens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin desinentia dēsinens (“desisting”, oblique stem: dēsinent-) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Descendants
  • Catalandesinència
  • Frenchdésinence
  • Englishdesinencefrom French désinence
  • Romaniandesinențăfrom French désinence
  • Italiandesinenza
  • Portuguesedesinência
  • Spanishdesinencia
  • Siciliandisinenza

In English words that came into English from dēsinentia

  • desinencedēsinentia

Quick answers

What does dēsinentia mean in Latin?
dēsinentia, a noun, means “ending, cessation, termination”.
What is the genitive of dēsinentia?
The genitive singular is dēsinentiae. dēsinentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce dēsinentia?
In classical Latin, [deː.sɪˈnɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.s̬iˈnɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does dēsinentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēsinentia.