quietantia

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From quiētans, present participle of quiētor (“to calm down, quiet down”) +‎ -ia.

Noun

quiētantia f (genitive quiētantiae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. a release or acquittal
  2. a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quiētantia quiētantiae
Genitive quiētantiae quiētantiārum
Dative quiētantiae quiētantiīs
Accusative quiētantiam quiētantiās
Ablative quiētantiā quiētantiīs
Vocative quiētantia quiētantiae
Descendants
  • Old French: quitance

Etymology 2

Inflected form of quiētāns (“calming”).

Participle

quiētantia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of quiētāns

References
  • quietantia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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