LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

inclēmentia

inclēmentia f (genitive inclēmentiae)
Classical[ɪŋ.kɫeːˈmɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[iŋ.kleˈmɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. harshness, unkindness, fierceness, severity, cruelty, rigor, lack of mercy
    “‘[...] dīvom inclēmentia, dīvom, / hās ēvertit opēs sternitque ā culmine Troiam.’” “‘[It is] the harshness of the gods – [Yes, the] gods’ [cruelty] overturns these riches and strikes down Troy from its height.’”(Aeneas recalls how Venus revealed to him the deities who were destroying the city.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.602–603

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinclēmentiainclēmentiae
genitiveinclēmentiaeinclēmentiārum
dativeinclēmentiaeinclēmentiīs
accusativeinclēmentiaminclēmentiās
ablativeinclēmentiāinclēmentiīs
vocativeinclēmentiainclēmentiae

inclēmentĭa, ae, f. inclemens,
I. unmercifulness, rigor, harshness, roughness, severity (poet. and in post-class. prose): divum inclementia, divum, Has evertit opes, Verg. A. 2, 602: durae mortis, id. G. 3, 68: gravis fati, Stat. S. 1, 4, 50: maris, Claud. B. G. 210: caeli, Just. 9, 2: dirae formae (Plutonis), Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 82.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininclēmentia

Latin clēmens Latin inclēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin inclēmentia From inclēmēns (“harsh”) + -ia.

Descendants
  • Italianinclemenza
  • Spanishinclemencia

In English words that came into English from inclēmentia

  • inclemencyinclēmentia

Quick answers

What does inclēmentia mean in Latin?
inclēmentia, a noun, means “harshness, unkindness, fierceness, severity, cruelty, rigor, lack of mercy”.
What is the genitive of inclēmentia?
The genitive singular is inclēmentiae. inclēmentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce inclēmentia?
In classical Latin, [ɪŋ.kɫeːˈmɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iŋ.kleˈmɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does inclēmentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inclēmentia.