Valentia

See also: valentia and valentía

Latin

Etymology

From valentia (“competence, power, vigor”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈlen.ti.a/, [u̯äˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈlen.t͡si.a/, [väˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Valentia f sg (genitive Valentiae); first declension

1. The name of several settlements in the Roman world, including:
   1. Valencia (a city in modern Spain)
   2. Valence (a city in modern France)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Valentia
Genitive	Valentiae
Dative	Valentiae
Accusative	Valentiam
Ablative	Valentiā
Vocative	Valentia
Locative	Valentiae

References

• “Valentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Valentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.