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)
- modesty
Related terms
- modesto
Further reading
- modestia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- destiamo, mastoide
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.ti.a/, [mɔˈd̪ɛs̠t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.ti.a/, [moˈd̪ɛst̪iä]
Noun
modestia f (genitive modestiae); first declension
- moderation, sophrosyne
- 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)
- discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin modestia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈdestja/ [moˈð̞es.t̪ja]
- Rhymes: -estja
- Syllabification: mo‧des‧tia
Noun
modestia f (plural modestias)
- modesty
Related terms
- modesto
Further reading
- “modestia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014