Lentia

See also: lentia

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Lentium
  • Lincia, Lincium

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *lentos (“bend”), describing the bend in the Danube where the original Celtic settlement was placed.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.ti.a/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.t͡si.a/, [ˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Lentia f sg (genitive Lentiae); first declension

  1. Linz (a city in modern Austria)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lentia
Genitive Lentiae
Dative Lentiae
Accusative Lentiam
Ablative Lentiā
Vocative Lentia
Locative Lentiae

Derived terms
  • Lentiēnsēs

References
  • Lentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Lentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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