paenitentia

Latin

Alternative forms

poenitentia
penitentia

Etymology

From paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). In the Vulgate, used as the translation of Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentance”), and found in the phrase paenitentiam ago (“do penance”) as a translation of μετανοέω (metanoéō, “repent”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pae̯.niˈten.ti.a/, [pae̯.nɪˈtɛn.ti.a]

Noun

paenitentia f (genitive paenitentiae); first declension

repentance, penitence, regret

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paenitentia	paenitentiae
Genitive	paenitentiae	paenitentiārum
Dative	paenitentiae	paenitentiīs
Accusative	paenitentiam	paenitentiās
Ablative	paenitentiā	paenitentiīs
Vocative	paenitentia	paenitentiae

Synonyms

(repentance): paenitūdō, resipīscentia

Derived terms

paenitentiālis

Related terms

paenitendus
paenitēns
paeniteō
paenitūdō

Descendants

Asturian: penitencia
Catalan: penitència
Emilian: penitänza
English: penitence, penance
French: pénitence
Friulian: penitince
Galician: penitencia
Guinea-Bissau Creole: penitensa
Italian: penitenza
Karipúna Creole French: penitãs

Ladin: penitenza
Mirandese: peniténcia
Old French: peneance
Old Portuguese: pẽedença
Piedmontese: penitensa
Portuguese: penitência
Sardinian: peneténscia, peneténtzia, penetéscia, peniténscia, peniténtzia, penitéssia
Spanish: penitencia

Participle

paenitentia

nominative neuter plural of paenitēns
accusative neuter plural of paenitēns
vocative neuter plural of paenitēns

References

paenitentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
paenitentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
paenitentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette