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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
insolens + -ia.
Noun
īnsolentia f (genitive īnsolentiae); first declension
- unusualness, novelty, unfamiliarity
- pride, haughtiness, arrogance, insolence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
īnsolentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of īnsolēns
References
- “insolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insolentia 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)
- insolentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be puffed up with pride: insolentia, superbia inflatum esse
- insolentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016