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modestia
modestia
See also: modéstia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈdes.ti.a/, [mɔˈdɛs.ti.a]
Noun
modestia f (genitive modestiae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | modestia | modestiae |
| genitive | modestiae | modestiārum |
| dative | modestiae | modestiīs |
| accusative | modestiam | modestiās |
| ablative | modestiā | modestiīs |
| vocative | modestia | modestiae |
References
- modestia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- modestia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “modestia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)
- discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)