Definify.com
Definition 2024
essentia
essentia
Latin
Noun
essentia f (genitive essentiae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | essentia | essentiae |
| genitive | essentiae | essentiārum |
| dative | essentiae | essentiīs |
| accusative | essentiam | essentiās |
| ablative | essentiā | essentiīs |
| vocative | essentia | essentiae |
Derived terms
- essentiāliter
- quinta essentia
Descendants
- English: essence
- French: essence
- Italian: essenza
- Portuguese: essência
- Romanian: esență
- Russian: эссенция (essencija)
- Spanish: esencia
References
- essentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ESSENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “essentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.