candentia

Latin

Etymology

From candēns (“gleaming white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈden.ti.a/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈden.t͡si.a/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

candentia f (genitive candentiae); first declension

1. A white, clear or luminous lustre; whiteness.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	candentia	candentiae
genitive	candentiae	candentiārum
dative	candentiae	candentiīs
accusative	candentiam	candentiās
ablative	candentiā	candentiīs
vocative	candentia	candentiae

Related terms

• candefaciō
• candēla
• candēlābrārius
• candēlābrum
• candēns
• candeō
• candescō
• candicō
• candidus
• candificō
• candor

Descendants

• Spanish: candencia

References

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