venia

See also: venía, vénia, vènia, and vênia

Catalan

Verb

venia

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). See also Latin Venus, veneror and English wish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.ni.a/, [ˈu̯ɛniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ni.a/, [ˈvɛːniä]

Noun

venia f (genitive veniae); first declension

1. indulgence, kindness
2. mercy, grace, favour
3. pardon
4. forgiveness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	venia	veniae
Genitive	veniae	veniārum
Dative	veniae	veniīs
Accusative	veniam	veniās
Ablative	veniā	veniīs
Vocative	venia	veniae

Descendants

• Catalan: vènia
• Galician: venia
• Italian: venia
• Portuguese: vénia, vênia
• Spanish: venia

References

• “venia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venia 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)
• venia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
    
  • (ambiguous) to pardon some one: alicui veniam dare (alicuius rei)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pardon a person: veniam dare alicui
    

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin venia, whence English venial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenja/ [ˈbe.nja]

Noun

venia f (plural venias)

1. forgiveness
2. consent, permission, approval
3. (Latin America, military) salute

Further reading

• “venia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014