indulgentia

Latin

Etymology

From indulgēns +‎ -ia.

Noun

indulgentia f (genitive indulgentiae); first declension

1. leniency, concession, pardon
2. kindness, gentleness
3. indulgence, remission (of sins)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indulgentia	indulgentiae
Genitive	indulgentiae	indulgentiārum
Dative	indulgentiae	indulgentiīs
Accusative	indulgentiam	indulgentiās
Ablative	indulgentiā	indulgentiīs
Vocative	indulgentia	indulgentiae

Descendants

• English: indulgence
• → French: indulgence
• Italian: indulgenza
• Portuguese: indulgência
• → Russian: индульге́нция (indulʹgéncija)
• Spanish: indulgencia

References

• “indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indulgentia 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)
• indulgentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “indulgentia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• indulgentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016