modestia

modestia

See also: modéstia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdɛ.stja/
• Rhymes: -ɛstja
• Hyphenation: mo‧dè‧stia

Noun

modestia f (plural modestie)

1. modesty

Related terms

• modesto

Further reading

• modestia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• destiamo, mastoide

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈdes.ti.a/, [mɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈdes.ti.a/, [moˈd̪ɛst̪iä]

Noun

modestia f (genitive modestiae); first declension

1. moderation, sophrosyne
2. modesty

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	modestia	modestiae
Genitive	modestiae	modestiārum
Dative	modestiae	modestiīs
Accusative	modestiam	modestiās
Ablative	modestiā	modestiīs
Vocative	modestia	modestiae

Descendants

• Catalan: modèstia
• English: modesty
• French: modestie
• Galician: modestia
• Italian: modestia
• Occitan: modestia
• Portuguese: modéstia
• Spanish: modestia

References

• “modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• modestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)
    

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdestja/ [moˈð̞es.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -estja
• Syllabification: mo‧des‧tia

Noun

modestia f (plural modestias)

1. modesty

Related terms

• modesto

Further reading

• “modestia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014