competentia
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) + -ia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.peˈten.ti.a/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.peˈten.t͡si.a/, [kompeˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun[edit]
competentia f (genitive competentiae); first declension
- agreement, symmetry, correspondence
- (of the stars) conjunction
- (Medieval Latin) competence, expertise
- 1251, letter from Adam Marsh to Robert Grosseteste
- In: 2006, The Letters of Adam Marsh. Volume I. Edited and translated by C. H. Lawrence, pages 54–55:
- Super litterature competentia uestra uobis sufficiunt experimenta.
- As for his competence in letters your own test will suffice for you.
- Super litterature competentia uestra uobis sufficiunt experimenta.
- In: 2012, Monumenta Franciscana. Volume I. Edited by J. S. Brewer and Richard Howlett, page 108:
- Super litteraturæ competentia vestra vobis sufficiunt experimenta.
- In: 2006, The Letters of Adam Marsh. Volume I. Edited and translated by C. H. Lawrence, pages 54–55:
- 1739, Traugott Thomasius, Problema iuris civilis an debitor pecuniam ob beneficium competentiae, page 8:
- Ob mutuam itaque catitatem et reuerentiam, personis quibusdam debitam, ex aequitate Praetoris introductum esse beneficium competentiae recte coniecturatur OTTO, quia omnes ICti in libris ad Edictum illud explicarunt.
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- 1251, letter from Adam Marsh to Robert Grosseteste
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | competentia | competentiae |
| Genitive | competentiae | competentiārum |
| Dative | competentiae | competentiīs |
| Accusative | competentiam | competentiās |
| Ablative | competentiā | competentiīs |
| Vocative | competentia | competentiae |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: competència
- English: competence
- French: compétence
- German: Kompetenz
- Italian: competenza
- Portuguese: competência
- Romanian: competență
- Russian: компете́нция (kompeténcija)
- Spanish: competencia
References[edit]
- “competentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- competentia 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)
- competentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.