olentia

Latin

Etymology

From olēns (“smelling”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈlen.ti.a/, [ɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈlen.t͡si.a/, [oˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
• (Traditional English) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛn.ʃə/

Noun

olentia f (genitive olentiae); first declension

1. a smell, scent

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	olentia	olentiae
genitive	olentiae	olentiārum
dative	olentiae	olentiīs
accusative	olentiam	olentiās
ablative	olentiā	olentiīs
vocative	olentia	olentiae

Derived terms

• beneolentia

 

Participle

olentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of olēns

References

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