Interlingua

Noun

delinquentia ‎(plural delinquentias)

1. delinquency

Latin

Etymology 1

Derived from dēlinquēns ‎(“transgressing”, “offending”) +‎ -ia ‎(abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.linˈkʷen.ti.a/, [deː.lɪŋˈkᶣɛn.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.linˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [de.liŋˈkwen.t͡si.a]

Noun

dēlinquentia f ‎(genitive dēlinquentiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) misdeed, offense, transgression
2. vocative singular of dēlinquentia

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• dēlictor
• dēlictum
• dēlinquō

Descendants

• English: delinquency
• Italian: delinquenza
• Portuguese: delinquência

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.linˈkʷen.ti.aː/, [deː.lɪŋˈkᶣɛn.ti.aː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.linˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [de.liŋˈkwen.t͡si.a]

Noun

dēlinquentiā f

1. ablative singular of dēlinquentia

Etymology 2

From dēlinquēns.

Participle

dēlinquentia

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

References

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