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Latin
Etymology
From paenitēns (“repenting”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). In the Vulgate, used as the translation of Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentance”), and found in the phrase paenitentiam ago (“do penance”) as a translation of μετανοέω (metanoéō, “repent”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paenitentia f (genitive paenitentiae); first declension
- repentance, penitence, regret
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) penance
Declension
First-declension noun.
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Participle
paenitentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of paenitēns
References
- “paenitentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “paenitentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- paenitentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.