amnestia

< Latin amnestia < Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmnestiɑ/,
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): am‧nes‧ti‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧nes‧tia

amnestia

1. amnesty

• “amnestia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• amnesiat, maistaen, maistane, tasaimen

• amnistia

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amnestia f (plural amnesties)

1. amnesty

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστῐ́ᾱ (amnēstĭ́ā, “forgetfulness”, especially “amnesty”; “failure to mention (a thing)”, “passing (it) over”).

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amnēstia f (genitive amnēstiae); first declension

1. an amnesty; a forgiving or general pardoning of a state crime

   Synonyms: oblīviō, indulgentia, remissiō, venia

First-declension noun.

• → Finnish: amnestia
• → German: Amnestie
• → Middle French: amnestie
• → Polish: amnestia (learned)

• “amnestĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amnestĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 115/1.
• “amnestia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amnestia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “amnestia” on page 119/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “amnestia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 41/2

• amnestiene

amnestia n

1. definite plural of amnesti

amnestia n

1. definite plural of amnesti

Learned borrowing from Latin amnēstia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía). First attested in 1612.

• IPA^(key): /amˈnɛs.tja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstja
• Syllabification: am‧nes‧tia

amnestia f

1. (law) amnesty
2. (Middle Polish) forgiveness

   Synonym: przebaczenie

3. (Middle Polish) forgetfulness, oblivion

   Synonyms: niepamięć, zapomnienie

• amnestia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amnestia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “amnestyja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amnestya”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amnestja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amnestja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32

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amnestia f (relational adjective amnestijný)

1. amnesty

• “amnestia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025