concupiscentia

Latin

Etymology

From concupīscēns (present participle of concupīscō) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ.kʊ.piːsˈkɛn.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koŋ.ku.piʃˈʃɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Noun

concupīscentia f (genitive concupīscentiae); first declension

1. longing, desire, concupiscence
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) concupiscence

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	concupīscentia	concupīscentiae
genitive	concupīscentiae	concupīscentiārum
dative	concupīscentiae	concupīscentiīs
accusative	concupīscentiam	concupīscentiās
ablative	concupīscentiā	concupīscentiīs
vocative	concupīscentia	concupīscentiae

Descendants

• French: concupiscence
• Italian: concupiscenza
• Portuguese: concupiscência
• Romanian: concupiscență
• Spanish: concupiscencia

References

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