delinquentia

Interlingua

Noun

delinquentia (plural delinquentias)

1. delinquency

Latin

Etymology 1

From dēlinquēns (“transgressing”, “offending”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• dēlinquentia: (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.linˈkʷen.ti.a/, [d̪eːlʲɪŋˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
• dēlinquentia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.linˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eliŋˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
• dēlinquentiā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.linˈkʷen.ti.aː/, [d̪eːlʲɪŋˈkʷɛn̪t̪iäː]
• dēlinquentiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.linˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eliŋˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēlinquentia f (genitive dēlinquentiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) misdeed, offense, transgression

   Synonyms: dēlictum, peccātum, scelus, crīmen, vitium, noxa, facinus, iniūria, error, culpa, malum, commissum, maleficium

   Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēlinquentia	dēlinquentiae
Genitive	dēlinquentiae	dēlinquentiārum
Dative	dēlinquentiae	dēlinquentiīs
Accusative	dēlinquentiam	dēlinquentiās
Ablative	dēlinquentiā	dēlinquentiīs
Vocative	dēlinquentia	dēlinquentiae

Related terms

• dēlictor
• dēlictum
• dēlinquō

Descendants

• → Catalan: delinqüència
• → English: delinquency
• → French: délinquance
• → Galician: delincuencia
• → German: Delinquenz
• → Italian: delinquenza
• → Portuguese: delinquência
• → Sicilian: dilinquenzia
• → Spanish: delincuencia

References

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

Etymology 2

From dēlinquēns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.linˈkʷen.ti.a/, [d̪eːlʲɪŋˈkʷɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.linˈkwen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eliŋˈkwɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Participle

dēlinquentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēlinquēns