contingentia
Latin
Etymology
From contingēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.tinˈɡen.ti.a/, [kɔn̪t̪ɪŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.tinˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.a/, [kon̪t̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
contingentia f (genitive contingentiae); first declension
- restraint, abstemiousness, continence, temperance, moderation
- contiguity, proximity
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contingentia | contingentiae |
| Genitive | contingentiae | contingentiārum |
| Dative | contingentiae | contingentiīs |
| Accusative | contingentiam | contingentiās |
| Ablative | contingentiā | contingentiīs |
| Vocative | contingentia | contingentiae |
Descendants
- Catalan: contingència
- French: contingence
- Galician: continxencia
- Italian: contingenza
- Portuguese: contingência
- Romanian: contingență
- Spanish: contingencia
Participle
contingentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of contingēns
References
- contingentia 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)