absentia

English

Etymology

From Latin absentia (being away, absence), from absēns (absent), present active participle of absum (I am away or absent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æbˈsɛn(t)ʃi.ə/, /æbˈsɛn(t)ʃə/

Noun

absentia

  1. absence

Usage notes

  • This sense of the word absentia is normally found only in the borrowed Latin phrase in absentia (while absent); however, perhaps due to reanalysis of Latin in as English in, variants are occasionally found, such as “in his absentia” (meaning “while he was absent”). Such variants may be considered nonstandard.

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Interlingua

Noun

absentia (plural absentias)

  1. absence

Latin

Etymology

From absēns (absent) + -ia, present active participle of absum (I am away or absent), from ab (from, away from) + sum (I am).

Pronunciation

Noun

absentia f (genitive absentiae); first declension

  1. absence

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative absentia absentiae
Genitive absentiae absentiārum
Dative absentiae absentiīs
Accusative absentiam absentiās
Ablative absentiā absentiīs
Vocative absentia absentiae

Descendants

References

  • absentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • absentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • absentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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