LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

experientia

experientia f (genitive experientiae)
Classical[ɛk.spɛ.riˈɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[ek.spe.riˈɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininea trial, proof, experiment
  2. feminineexperimental knowledge, experience

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexperientiaexperientiae
genitiveexperientiaeexperientiārum
dativeexperientiaeexperientiīs
accusativeexperientiamexperientiās
ablativeexperientiāexperientiīs
vocativeexperientiaexperientiae

expĕrĭentĭa, ae, f. experior,
I. a trial, proof, experiment (class.).
I. Prop.: experientiā tentare quaedam, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 8; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: patrimonii amplificandi, Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: belli, Vell. 2, 78, 2: veri, Ov. M. 1, 225: fide (i. e. fidei), id. ib. 7, 737.—
B. Effort, endeavor: quis id approbare possit, aegritudinem suscipere pro experientia, si quid habere velis? i. e. instead of trying to acquire it, Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56: experientia patrimonii amplificandi labi, id. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—
II. Transf., the knowledge gained by repeated trials, experimental knowledge, practice, experience (post-Aug.): ad curandi rationem nihil plus confert quam experientia, Cels. praef. med.: Agrippa non aetate neque rerum experientia tantae moli par, Tac. A. 1, 4: vir longā experientiā, id. ib. 1, 46; 13, 6; 14, 36; id. H. 2, 76; Col. 10, 338: qui cultus habendo Sit pecori; apibus quanta experientia parcis, Verg. G. 1, 4; cf.: nova hominum, id. ib. 4, 316.

Origins

From experiēns + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanexperiència
  • Englishexperience
  • Frenchexpérience
  • Italianesperienza
  • Portugueseexperiência
  • Romanianexperiență
  • Spanishexperiencia
  • Haitian Creoleeksperyansfrom French expérience
  • Turkisheksperyansfrom French expérience
  • Friulianesperience

In English words that came into English from experientia

  • experienceexperientia
  • experientialexperientiālis

Quick answers

What does experientia mean in Latin?
experientia, a noun, means “a trial, proof, experiment; experimental knowledge, experience”.
What is the genitive of experientia?
The genitive singular is experientiae. experientia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce experientia?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.spɛ.riˈɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.spe.riˈɛn.t͡si.a].