LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

intemperantia

intemperantia f (genitive intemperantiae)

Meaning

  1. feminineintemperateness, inclemency
  2. feminineimmoderation, intemperance, excess
  3. feminineinsolence, impudence, insubordination

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintemperantiaintemperantiae
genitiveintemperantiaeintemperantiārum
dativeintemperantiaeintemperantiīs
accusativeintemperantiamintemperantiās
ablativeintemperantiāintemperantiīs
vocativeintemperantiaintemperantiae

intempĕrantĭa, ae, f. intemperans,
I. want of mildness, intemperateness, inclemency.
I. Lit.: caeli, Sen. Const. Sap. 9; Col. prooem. 1, § 3.—
II. Trop.
A. Want of moderation, excess, extravagance, intemperance: omnium perturbationum fontem esse dicunt intemperantiam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22: menti inimica intemperantia, id. ib. 4, 9, 22; id. Agr. 2, 36: libidinum, id. Off. 1, 34: vini, the immoderate use of wine, Liv. 44, 30: morbo et intemperantiā perire, Suet. Tib. 62: risūs, Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 205: litterarum, Sen. Ep. 106: linguae, Tac. A. 4, 18: civitatis, donec unus eligatur, multos destinandi, id. H. 2, 1: legitima, said of a second marriage, Val. Max. 2, 1, 3.—
B. In partic., want of moderation in one's conduct towards others; haughtiness, arrogance; insolence, impudence, insubordination: Pausaniae, Nep. Arist. 2, 3: suā intemperantiā, nimiāque licentiā, id. Eum. 8, 2.

Origins

From intemperans + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanintemperància
  • Frenchintempérance
  • Romanianintemperanțăfrom French intempérance
  • Italianintemperanza
  • Spanishintemperancia

In English words that came into English from intemperantia

  • intemperanceintemperantia

Quick answers

What does intemperantia mean in Latin?
intemperantia, a noun, means “intemperateness, inclemency; immoderation, intemperance, excess; insolence, impudence, insubordination”.
What is the genitive of intemperantia?
The genitive singular is intemperantiae. intemperantia is feminine, first declension.