LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

oboedientia

oboedientia f (genitive oboedientiae)
Classical[ɔ.boe̯.diˈɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[o.be.diˈɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineobedience

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoboedientiaoboedientiae
genitiveoboedientiaeoboedientiārum
dativeoboedientiaeoboedientiīs
accusativeoboedientiamoboedientiās
ablativeoboedientiāoboedientiīs
vocativeoboedientiaoboedientiae

ŏboedĭentĭa (obed-), ae, f. oboediens,
I. obedience (class.).
A. Of persons.
1. With gen.: servitus est oboedientia fracti animi, Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35.—
2. Absol.: relinquunt enim et abiciunt oboedientiam, Cic. Off. 1, 29. 102.—
B. Of bees: mira plebi circa regem oboedientia, Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 52.—
C. Of elephants: intellectus illis sermonis patrii et imperiorum oboedientia, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin oboedientia From oboediens + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanobediència
  • Englishobedience
  • Frenchobédience
  • Italianobbedienza
  • Italianubbidienza
  • Portugueseobediênciafrom Old Galician-Portuguese obedeença
  • Romanianobediență
  • Spanishobediencia
  • Galicianobediencia
  • Galicianobenza

In English words that came into English from oboedientia

  • obedienceoboedientia
  • obedientiaryobedientiarius

Quick answers

What does oboedientia mean in Latin?
oboedientia, a noun, means “obedience”.
What is the genitive of oboedientia?
The genitive singular is oboedientiae. oboedientia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce oboedientia?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.boe̯.diˈɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.be.diˈɛn.t͡si.a].