truculentia

Latin

Etymology

truculentus (“savage, harsh”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlen.ti.a/, [t̪rʊkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tru.kuˈlen.t͡si.a/, [t̪rukuˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

truculentia f (genitive truculentiae); first declension

fierceness, savageness, grimness, brutality
harshness, sternness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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.

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