temperantia

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Latin

Etymology

From temperans.

Noun

temperantia f (genitive temperantiae); first declension

  1. moderation, sobriety, temperance, self control, sophrosyne

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative temperantia temperantiae
Genitive temperantiae temperantiārum
Dative temperantiae temperantiīs
Accusative temperantiam temperantiās
Ablative temperantiā temperantiīs
Vocative temperantia temperantiae

Descendants

References

  • “temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temperantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to behave with moderation: temperantia uti
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