vergentia

vergentia

Latin

Etymology 1

New Latin (16th century), vergēns +‎ -ia.

Noun

vergentia f (genitive vergentiae); first declension

1. inclination, tendency; vergence

   1556 Galeni septima classis curandi methodum, Venice, p. 117.

   • "Pro eorum, qui inflammationem pariunt, humorum vergentia inclinationesque, vacuationes facit Hippocrates."

   1678 Jean-Baptiste Orivai, Propugnaculum Hippocraticae ac Galenicae doctrinae, Paris, p 99.

   • "revulsio est motus: illa est humorum vergentia ad partem, qua non opportet vergere"

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vergentia	vergentiae
Genitive	vergentiae	vergentiārum
Dative	vergentiae	vergentiīs
Accusative	vergentiam	vergentiās
Ablative	vergentiā	vergentiīs
Vocative	vergentia	vergentiae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vergentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of vergēns