convalescentia
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From convalēscēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.u̯a.leːsˈken.ti.a/, [kɔnu̯äɫ̪eːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.va.leʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [koɱväleʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]convalēscentia f (genitive convalēscentiae); first declension
- convalescence
- c. 345 CE – 402 CE, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Books of Letters 3.11:
- Dē meā aegritūdine nēquāquam tē rūmor fefellit, sed iam – modo mihi venia dictī sit – convalēscentiae portus aperītur.
- Concerning my illness, the rumour by no means deceived you, but now – may there just be for me forgiveness of the saying – a haven of convalescence is opened.
- Dē meā aegritūdine nēquāquam tē rūmor fefellit, sed iam – modo mihi venia dictī sit – convalēscentiae portus aperītur.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | convalēscentia | convalēscentiae |
| genitive | convalēscentiae | convalēscentiārum |
| dative | convalēscentiae | convalēscentiīs |
| accusative | convalēscentiam | convalēscentiās |
| ablative | convalēscentiā | convalēscentiīs |
| vocative | convalēscentia | convalēscentiae |
Participle
[edit]convalēscentia
References
[edit]- convalescentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “convalescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- convalescentia 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)