contingentia

Latin

Etymology

From contingēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tinˈɡen.ti.a/, [kɔn̪t̪ɪŋˈɡɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tinˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.a/, [kon̪t̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

contingentia f (genitive contingentiae); first declension

1. restraint, abstemiousness, continence, temperance, moderation
2. contiguity, proximity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contingentia	contingentiae
Genitive	contingentiae	contingentiārum
Dative	contingentiae	contingentiīs
Accusative	contingentiam	contingentiās
Ablative	contingentiā	contingentiīs
Vocative	contingentia	contingentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: contingència
• French: contingence
• Galician: continxencia
• Italian: contingenza
• Portuguese: contingência
• Romanian: contingență
• Spanish: contingencia

Participle

contingentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of contingēns

References

• contingentia 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)