temperantia

Latin

Etymology

From temperans.

Noun

temperantia f (genitive temperantiae); first declension

  1. moderation, sobriety, temperance, self control, sophrosyne

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative temperantia temperantiae
genitive temperantiae temperantiārum
dative temperantiae temperantiīs
accusative temperantiam temperantiās
ablative temperantiā temperantiīs
vocative temperantia temperantiae

Descendants

References

  • temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temperantia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to behave with moderation: temperantia uti