Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.kiˈden.ti.a/

Noun

accidentia f ‎(genitive accidentiae); first declension

1. casual event, chance, happenstance

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• accidēns
• accidō

Participle

accidentia

1. nominative neuter plural of accidēns
2. accusative neuter plural of accidēns
3. vocative neuter plural of accidēns

Descendants

• Portuguese: acidência

Etymology 2

Form of the verb accīdō ‎(“I cut down”).

Participle

accīdentia

1. nominative neuter plural of accīdēns
2. accusative neuter plural of accīdēns
3. vocative neuter plural of accīdēns

References

• accidentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ACCIDENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accidentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.