quiescentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷi.eːsˈken.ti.a/, [kʷieːs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwi.eʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [kwieʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

quiēscēns (“resting”, oblique stem quiēscent-) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix)

Noun

quiēscentia f (genitive quiēscentiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) rest, quiet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quiēscentia	quiēscentiae
Genitive	quiēscentiae	quiēscentiārum
Dative	quiēscentiae	quiēscentiīs
Accusative	quiēscentiam	quiēscentiās
Ablative	quiēscentiā	quiēscentiīs
Vocative	quiēscentia	quiēscentiae

Descendants

• → English: quiescence
• → Italian: quiescenza

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

quiēscentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of quiēscēns

References

• “quiescentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quiescentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.