modestia

See also: modéstia

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modestia.

Noun

modestia f (plural modestias)

1. modesty

Related terms

• modesto

Further reading

• “modestia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology

From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdɛs.tja/
• Rhymes: -ɛstja
• Hyphenation: mo‧dè‧stia

Noun

modestia f (plural modestie)

1. modesty

Related terms

• modesto

Further reading

• modestia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• destiamo, mastoide

Latin

Etymology

From modestus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈdɛs.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈdɛs.ti.a]

Noun

modestia f (genitive modestiae); first declension

1. moderation, sophrosyne
2. modesty

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	modestia	modestiae
genitive	modestiae	modestiārum
dative	modestiae	modestiīs
accusative	modestiam	modestiās
ablative	modestiā	modestiīs
vocative	modestia	modestiae

Descendants

• Catalan: modèstia
• English: modesty
• French: modestie
• Galician: modestia
• Italian: modestia
• Occitan: modestia
• Portuguese: modéstia
• Romanian: modestie
• Spanish: modestia

References

• “modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “modestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “modestia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • discipline (insubordination): modestia (opp. immodestia)
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdestja/ [moˈð̞es.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -estja
• Syllabification: mo‧des‧tia

Noun

modestia f (plural modestias)

1. modesty

   Synonym: pudor

Related terms

• modesto

Further reading

• “modestia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024