valentia

See also: Valentia and valentía

English

Noun

valentia (countable and uncountable, plural valentias)

  1. Alternative form of valencia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for valentia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

valent +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

Noun

valentia f (plural valenties)

  1. (uncountable) bravery, valiance
  2. (countable) A brave deed, a bold act.
    S'altre dia vaig fer una valentia. Vaig participar a sa triatló des Port.
    The other day I did a brave thing. I participated in the Port of Sóller Triathlon.

Italian

Etymology

From valente +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /va.lenˈti.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: va‧len‧tì‧a

Noun

valentia f (plural valentie)

  1. skill, ability

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From valēns.

Noun

valentia f (genitive valentiae); first declension

  1. health, vigour, bodily strength

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative valentia valentiae
Genitive valentiae valentiārum
Dative valentiae valentiīs
Accusative valentiam valentiās
Ablative valentiā valentiīs
Vocative valentia valentiae

Descendants
  • Catalan: valença, valència
  • English: valence
  • French: vaillance
  • German: Valenz
  • Italian: valenza
  • Piedmontese: valensa
  • Portuguese: valência
  • Romanian: valență
  • Spanish: valencia

Participle

valentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of valēns

References
  • “valentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • valentia 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)
  • valentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “valentia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “valentia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “valentia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From valente +‎ -ia.

Noun

valentia f (plural valentias)

  1. boldness; courage
    Synonyms: coragem, bravura
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