inclementia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.kleːˈmen.ti.a/, [ɪŋkɫ̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.kleˈmen.t͡si.a/, [iŋkleˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
inclēmentia f (genitive inclēmentiae); first declension
- harshness, unkindness, fierceness, severity, cruelty, rigor, lack of mercy
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.602–603:
- “‘[...] dīvom inclēmentia, dīvom, / hās ēvertit opēs sternitque ā culmine Troiam.’”
- “‘[It is] the harshness of the gods – [Yes, the] gods’ [cruelty] overturns these riches and strikes down Troy from its height.’”
(Aeneas recalls how Venus revealed to him the deities who were destroying the city. Syncope: divorum.)
- “‘[It is] the harshness of the gods – [Yes, the] gods’ [cruelty] overturns these riches and strikes down Troy from its height.’”
- “‘[...] dīvom inclēmentia, dīvom, / hās ēvertit opēs sternitque ā culmine Troiam.’”
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inclēmentia | inclēmentiae |
| Genitive | inclēmentiae | inclēmentiārum |
| Dative | inclēmentiae | inclēmentiīs |
| Accusative | inclēmentiam | inclēmentiās |
| Ablative | inclēmentiā | inclēmentiīs |
| Vocative | inclēmentia | inclēmentiae |
Descendants
- Italian: inclemenza
- Spanish: inclemencia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- “inclementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inclementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inclementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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