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Latin
Etymology
From clēmēns + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
clēmentia f (genitive clēmentiae); first declension
- mercy, clemency
- gentleness, mildness
- clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather)
- Grace (capitalized for royal/imperial titles and addresses)
- Clementia tua ― your Grace
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “clementia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clementia.
Noun
clementia oblique singular, f (oblique plural clementias, nominative singular clementia, nominative plural clementias)
- (9th century) clemency; mercy