LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

quiēscentia

quiēscentia f (genitive quiēscentiae)
Classical[kʷi.eːsˈkɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[kʷi.eʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinrest, quiet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequiēscentiaquiēscentiae
genitivequiēscentiaequiēscentiārum
dativequiēscentiaequiēscentiīs
accusativequiēscentiamquiēscentiās
ablativequiēscentiāquiēscentiīs
vocativequiēscentiaquiēscentiae

quĭescentĭa, ae, f. quiesco,
I. rest, quiet (post-class. for quies), Firm. Math. 1, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
  4. Latinquiēscentia

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns Latin quiēscēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin quiēscentia From quiēscēns (“resting”, oblique stem quiēscent-) + -ia (abstract noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishquiescence
  • Italianquiescenza

In English words that came into English from quiēscentia

  • quiescencequiēscentia
  • quiescencyquiēscentia

Quick answers

What does quiēscentia mean in Latin?
quiēscentia, a noun, means “rest, quiet”.
What is the genitive of quiēscentia?
The genitive singular is quiēscentiae. quiēscentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce quiēscentia?
In classical Latin, [kʷi.eːsˈkɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷi.eʃˈʃɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does quiēscentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis → Proto-Italic *kʷjētis → Latin quiēscentia.