desinentia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.siˈnen.ti.a/, [d̪eːs̠ɪˈnɛn̪t̪iä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.siˈnen.t͡si.a/, [d̪es̬iˈnɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

dēsinens (“desisting”, oblique stem: dēsinent-) +‎ -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Noun

dēsinentia f (genitive dēsinentiae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) ending, cessation, termination

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēsinentia	dēsinentiae
Genitive	dēsinentiae	dēsinentiārum
Dative	dēsinentiae	dēsinentiīs
Accusative	dēsinentiam	dēsinentiās
Ablative	dēsinentiā	dēsinentiīs
Vocative	dēsinentia	dēsinentiae

Descendants

Catalan: desinència
French: désinence
- English: desinence
Italian: desinenza
Portuguese: desinência
Romanian: desinență
Spanish: desinencia

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “desinentia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 325/2

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of dēsinēns.

Participle

dēsinentia

nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter of dēsinēns

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