iactantia

Latin

Alternative forms

• jactantia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin iactāns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin iactantia

From iactāns + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jakˈtan.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jakˈtan.t͡si.a]

Noun

iactantia f (genitive iactantiae); first declension

1. boasting, bragging
2. display, ostentation

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iactantia	iactantiae
genitive	iactantiae	iactantiārum
dative	iactantiae	iactantiīs
accusative	iactantiam	iactantiās
ablative	iactantiā	iactantiīs
vocative	iactantia	iactantiae

Descendants

• → Catalan: jactància
• → French: jactance
• → Italian: iattanza
• → Spanish: jactancia

Participle

iactantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of iactāns

References

• “iactantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers