LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

quiētantia

quiētantia f (genitive quiētantiae)
Classical[kʷi.eːˈtan.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[kʷi.eˈtan.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina release or acquittal
  2. Late Latina discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequiētantiaquiētantiae
genitivequiētantiaequiētantiārum
dativequiētantiaequiētantiīs
accusativequiētantiamquiētantiās
ablativequiētantiāquiētantiīs
vocativequiētantiaquiētantiae

Origins

From quiētans, present participle of quiētor (“to calm down, quiet down”) + -ia.

Descendants
  • Frenchquittancefrom Old French quitance
  • Italianquietanza

In English words that came into English from quiētantia

  • quittancequiētantia

Quick answers

What does quiētantia mean in Latin?
quiētantia, a noun, means “a release or acquittal; a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge”.
What is the genitive of quiētantia?
The genitive singular is quiētantiae. quiētantia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce quiētantia?
In classical Latin, [kʷi.eːˈtan.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kʷi.eˈtan.t͡si.a].