candentia

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Latin

Etymology

From candēns (“gleaming white”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈden.ti.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈden.t͡si.a/,

Noun

candentia f (genitive candentiae); first declension

A white, clear or luminous lustre; whiteness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	candentia	candentiae
genitive	candentiae	candentiārum
dative	candentiae	candentiīs
accusative	candentiam	candentiās
ablative	candentiā	candentiīs
vocative	candentia	candentiae

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: candencia

References

“candentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
candentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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