clementia

Latin

Etymology

From clēmēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kleːˈmen.ti.a/, [kɫ̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kleˈmen.t͡si.a/, [kleˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

clēmentia f (genitive clēmentiae); first declension

1. mercy, clemency
2. gentleness, mildness
3. clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)
4. Grace (capitalized for royal/imperial titles and addresses)

   Clementia tua ― your Grace

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clēmentia	clēmentiae
genitive	clēmentiae	clēmentiārum
dative	clēmentiae	clēmentiīs
accusative	clēmentiam	clēmentiās
ablative	clēmentiā	clēmentiīs
vocative	clēmentia	clēmentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: clemència
• Dutch: clementie
• English: clemency
• French: clémence
• Galician: clemencia
• Italian: clemenza
• Old French: clementia (isolated attestation)
• Portuguese: clemência
• Romanian: clemență
• Spanish: clemencia

References

• “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “clementia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clementia.

Noun

clementia oblique singular, f (oblique plural clementias, nominative singular clementia, nominative plural clementias)

1. (9th century) clemency; mercy