distantia

Latin

Etymology

distāns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈtan.ti.a/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪än̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈtan.t͡si.a/, [d̪isˈt̪änt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

distantia f (genitive distantiae); first declension

1. distance, remoteness
2. difference, diversity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	distantia	distantiae
Genitive	distantiae	distantiārum
Dative	distantiae	distantiīs
Accusative	distantiam	distantiās
Ablative	distantiā	distantiīs
Vocative	distantia	distantiae

Related terms

• distans
• distō

Descendants

• Catalan: distància
• French: distance
• Galician: distancia
• Italian: distanza
• Occitan: distància
• Portuguese: distância
• Russian: дистанция (distancija)
• Spanish: distancia

References

• “distantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• distantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.