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Latin
Etymology
From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
competentia f (genitive competentiae); first declension
- agreement, symmetry, correspondence
- (of the stars) conjunction
- (Medieval Latin) competence, expertise
- 1251, letter from Adam Marsh to Robert Grosseteste
- In: 2006, The Letters of Adam Marsh. Volume I. Edited and translated by C. H. Lawrence, pages 54–55:
- Super litterature competentia uestra uobis sufficiunt experimenta.
- As for his competence in letters your own test will suffice for you.
- In: 2012, Monumenta Franciscana. Volume I. Edited by J. S. Brewer and Richard Howlett, page 108:
- Super litteraturæ competentia vestra vobis sufficiunt experimenta.
1739, Traugott Thomasius, Problema iuris civilis an debitor pecuniam ob beneficium competentiae, page 8:Ob mutuam itaque catitatem et reuerentiam, personis quibusdam debitam, ex aequitate Praetoris introductum esse beneficium competentiae recte coniecturatur OTTO, quia omnes ICti in libris ad Edictum illud explicarunt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First-declension noun.
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