LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

querimōnia

querimōnia f (genitive querimōniae)

Meaning

  1. complaint (grievance)
    Nunc, ut ā mē, patrēs cōnscrīptī, quandam prope iūstam patriae querimōniam dētester ac dēprecer, percipite, quaesō, dīligenter, quae dīcam, et ea penitus animīs vestrīs mentibusque mandāte.Now, Conscript Fathers, in order that I may ward off and plead against a certain, almost justified, complaint from the nation that is aimed at me, please, I beg you, pay close attention to what I am about to say, and commit those [words] deeply to your hearts and minds.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.27

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Questus · Quiritatio · Querimonia · Querela

Questus and Quiritatio are expressions of pain; questus, in single, quiritatio in continued tones of lamentation; whereas querimonia and querela are expressions of indignation; querimonia in the just feeling of the injured person, who will not brook an act of injustice; querela in, for the most part, the blamable feeling of the discontented person, who will brook no hardship. The Querimonia is an act of the understanding, and aims at redress or satisfaction; the querela is an act of feeling, and aims, for the most part, only at easing the heart. Cic. Cæcil. 3. In populi Romani quotidiana querimonia: comp. with Fam. v. 14. Tu non intelliges te querelis quotidianis nihil proficere. (v. 310.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequerimōniaquerimōniae
genitivequerimōniaequerimōniārum
dativequerimōniaequerimōniīs
accusativequerimōniamquerimōniās
ablativequerimōniāquerimōniīs
vocativequerimōniaquerimōniae

quĕrĭmōnĭa, ae, f. id.,
I. a complaint (class.): querimoniae de injuriis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: novo querimoniae genere uti, id. ib. 2, 1, 9, § 24; id. Cat. 1, 11, 27: nulla inter eos querimonia intercessit, Nep. Att. 17, 2: tristes, Hor. C. 3, 24, 33: malae, id. ib. 1, 13, 19: versibus impariter junctis querimonia primum inclusa est. id. A. P. 75: querimonias aut gemitus, Gell. 1, 26, 7.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -mōnium Latin -mōnia Latin querimōnia From queror (“to complain”, or a related adjectival root) + -mōnia.

Borrowed
  • Englishquerimony
  • Frenchquérimonie
  • Italianquerimonia
  • Portuguesequerimônia
Inherited
  • Portuguesecaramunha

Quick answers

What does querimōnia mean in Latin?
querimōnia, a noun, means “complaint (grievance)”.
What is the genitive of querimōnia?
The genitive singular is querimōniae. querimōnia is feminine, first declension.