competentia

Latin

Etymology

From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈten.ti.a/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈten.t͡si.a/, [kompeˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

competentia f (genitive competentiae); first declension

1. agreement, symmetry, correspondence
2. (of the stars) conjunction
3. (Medieval Latin) competence, expertise
   • 1251, letter from Adam Marsh to Robert Grosseteste
     • In: 2006, The Letters of Adam Marsh. Volume I. Edited and translated by C. H. Lawrence, pages 54–55:

       Super litterature competentia uestra uobis sufficiunt experimenta.

       As for his competence in letters your own test will suffice for you.

     • In: 2012, Monumenta Franciscana. Volume I. Edited by J. S. Brewer and Richard Howlett, page 108:

       Super litteraturæ competentia vestra vobis sufficiunt experimenta.

   • 1739, Traugott Thomasius, Problema iuris civilis an debitor pecuniam ob beneficium competentiae, page 8:

     Ob mutuam itaque catitatem et reuerentiam, personis quibusdam debitam, ex aequitate Praetoris introductum esse beneficium competentiae recte coniecturatur OTTO, quia omnes ICti in libris ad Edictum illud explicarunt.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	competentia	competentiae
genitive	competentiae	competentiārum
dative	competentiae	competentiīs
accusative	competentiam	competentiās
ablative	competentiā	competentiīs
vocative	competentia	competentiae

Related terms

• compitum
• competēns
• competenter
• competitio
• competitor
• competitrix

Descendants

• Catalan: competència
• English: competence
• French: compétence
• German: Kompetenz
• Italian: competenza
• Portuguese: competência
• Romanian: competență
• Russian: компете́нция (kompeténcija)
• Spanish: competencia

References

• “competentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• competentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• competentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.