indulgentia

Latin

Etymology

From indulgēns +‎ -ia.

Noun

indulgentia f (genitive indulgentiae); first declension

1. leniency, concession, pardon

   Synonyms: amnēstia, oblīviō, remissiō, venia

2. indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness, kindness

   Synonyms: lēnitās, beneficium, misericordia, pietās, cōmitās, benignitās, benevolentia, venia

   Antonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, sevēritās, asperitās

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) indulgence, remission

   Synonym: laxāmentum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indulgentia	indulgentiae
genitive	indulgentiae	indulgentiārum
dative	indulgentiae	indulgentiīs
accusative	indulgentiam	indulgentiās
ablative	indulgentiā	indulgentiīs
vocative	indulgentia	indulgentiae

Descendants

• Spanish: andulencia
• → English: indulgence
• → French: indulgence
• → Italian: indulgenza
• → Portuguese: indulgência
• → Romanian: indulgență
• → 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