audientia

Latin

Etymology

From audiēns, present active participle of audiō (“hear, listen”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯.diˈen.ti.a/, [au̯.dɪˈɛn.ti.a]

Noun

audientia f (genitive audientiae); first declension

  1. The act of hearing or listening; attention, heed.
  2. The faculty of hearing.
  3. A group of listeners, audience.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative audientia audientiae
Genitive audientiae audientiārum
Dative audientiae audientiīs
Accusative audientiam audientiās
Ablative audientiā audientiīs
Vocative audientia audientiae

Descendants

Participle

audientia

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

References
  • audientia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • audientia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • audientia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • audientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to obtain a hearing: audientiam sibi (orationi) facere
    • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
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