desinentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.siˈnen.ti.a/, [d̪eːs̠ɪˈnɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.siˈnen.t͡si.a/, [d̪es̬iˈnɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

dēsinens (“desisting”, oblique stem: dēsinent-) +‎ -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Noun

dēsinentia f (genitive dēsinentiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) ending, cessation, termination

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēsinentia	dēsinentiae
Genitive	dēsinentiae	dēsinentiārum
Dative	dēsinentiae	dēsinentiīs
Accusative	dēsinentiam	dēsinentiās
Ablative	dēsinentiā	dēsinentiīs
Vocative	dēsinentia	dēsinentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: desinència
• French: désinence
  • English: desinence
• Italian: desinenza
• Portuguese: desinência
• Romanian: desinență
• Sicilian: disinenza
• Spanish: desinencia

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “desinentia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 325/2

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of dēsinēns.

Participle

dēsinentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter of dēsinēns