circumstantia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈstan.ti.a/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠t̪än̪t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈstan.t͡si.a/, [t͡ʃirkumˈst̪änt̪͡s̪iä]
Etymology 1
From circumstāns.
Noun
circumstantia f (genitive circumstantiae); first declension
- surrounding (standing around)
- encircling troops
- circumstance
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | circumstantia | circumstantiae |
| Genitive | circumstantiae | circumstantiārum |
| Dative | circumstantiae | circumstantiīs |
| Accusative | circumstantiam | circumstantiās |
| Ablative | circumstantiā | circumstantiīs |
| Vocative | circumstantia | circumstantiae |
Descendants
- English: circumstance
- French: circonstance
- Italian: circostanza
- Portuguese: circunstância
- Papiamentu: sirkunstansha
- Romanian: circumstanță
- Spanish: circunstancia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
circumstantia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of circumstāns
References
- “circumstantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumstantia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- circumstantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette