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Verb
venia
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of venir
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of vendre
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wenjā, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). See also Latin Venus, veneror and English wish.
Pronunciation
Noun
venia f (genitive veniae); first declension
- indulgence, kindness (i.e., lenient treatment)
- Synonyms: indulgentia, pietās, beneficium, cōmitās, benignitās, benevolentia
- mercy, grace, favour
- pardon
- Synonyms: oblīviō, amnēstia, remissiō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.830:
- ‘quam’ dīxit ‘veniam vōs datis, ipsa negō.’
- ‘‘That pardon you give,’’ she said, ‘‘I myself refuse.’’
(Virtuously steadfast, tragically fated to symbolize the foundational values of the Roman Republic, Lucretia responds to the absolutions of her father and her husband the morning after she was raped by a tyrant king's son.)
- forgiveness
- permission
- Synonyms: permissiō, concessiō, concessus
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “venia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “venia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- venia 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)
- venia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- allow me to say: bona (cum) venia tua dixerim
- (ambiguous) to pardon some one: alicui veniam dare (alicuius rei)
- (ambiguous) to pardon a person: veniam dare alicui
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin venia, whence English venial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbenja/
- Rhymes: -enja
- Syllabification: ve‧nia
Noun
venia f (plural venias)
- forgiveness
- consent, permission, approval
- (Latin America, military) salute
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