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modestia

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See also: modéstia

Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin modestia.

Noun

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modestia f (plural modestias)

  1. modesty
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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈdɛ.stja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstja
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dè‧stia

Noun

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modestia f (plural modestie)

  1. modesty
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Further reading

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  • modestia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From modestus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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modestia f (genitive modestiae); first declension

  1. moderation, sophrosyne
  2. modesty

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative modestia modestiae
genitive modestiae modestiārum
dative modestiae modestiīs
accusative modestiam modestiās
ablative modestiā modestiīs
vocative modestia modestiae

Descendants

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References

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  • modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈdestja/ [moˈð̞es.t̪ja]
  • Rhymes: -estja
  • Syllabification: mo‧des‧tia

Noun

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modestia f (plural modestias)

  1. modesty
    Synonym: pudor
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Further reading

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