accidentia

From accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“occur, befall”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.kiˈden.ti.a/, [ak.kɪˈdɛn.ti.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃiˈden.t͡si.a/

accidentia f (genitive accidentiae); first declension

1. casual event, chance, happenstance

First-declension noun.

• accidēns
• accidō

accidentia

1. nominative neuter plural of accidēns
2. accusative neuter plural of accidēns
3. vocative neuter plural of accidēns

• → English: accidence
• → Old Irish: aiccidit
  • Irish: aicíd
• Portuguese: acidência

Form of the verb accīdō (“I cut down”).

accīdentia

1. nominative neuter plural of accīdēns
2. accusative neuter plural of accīdēns
3. vocative neuter plural of accīdēns

• accidentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accidentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• accidentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette