vergentia

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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New Latin (16th century), vergēns +‎ -ia.

Noun

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vergentia f (genitive vergentiae); first declension

  1. inclination, tendency; vergence
    • 1556, Galeni septima classis curandi methodum, Venice, page 117:
      • "Pro eorum, qui inflammationem pariunt, humorum vergentia inclinationesque, vacuationes facit Hippocrates."
    • 1678, Jean-Baptiste Orivai, Propugnaculum Hippocraticae ac Galenicae doctrinae, Paris, page 99:
      • "revulsio est motus: illa est humorum vergentia ad partem, qua non opportet vergere"
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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vergentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of vergēns