reverentia
Latin
Etymology
From reverens + -ia.
Noun
reverentia f (genitive reverentiae); first declension
- timidity, shyness (due to respect)
- awe, reverence
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | reverentia | reverentiae |
| Genitive | reverentiae | reverentiārum |
| Dative | reverentiae | reverentiīs |
| Accusative | reverentiam | reverentiās |
| Ablative | reverentiā | reverentiīs |
| Vocative | reverentia | reverentiae |
Descendants
- Catalan: reverència
- French: révérence
- Galician: reverencia
- Italian: riverenza
- → Polish: rewerencja
- Portuguese: reverência
- Romanian: reverență
- Spanish: reverencia
References
- “reverentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reverentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reverentia 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)
- reverentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette