truculentia

Latin

Etymology

truculentus (“savage, harsh”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlen.ti.a/, [t̪rʊkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlen.t͡si.a/, [t̪rukuˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

truculentia f (genitive truculentiae); first declension

1. fierceness, savageness, grimness, brutality
2. harshness, sternness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	truculentia	truculentiae
genitive	truculentiae	truculentiārum
dative	truculentiae	truculentiīs
accusative	truculentiam	truculentiās
ablative	truculentiā	truculentiīs
vocative	truculentia	truculentiae

Descendants

• Portuguese: truculência
• Italian: truculenza
• Spanish: truculencia
• French: truculence
• English: truculence

References

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