Adolenda

== Latin == === Etymology === From adoleō (“to destroy by fire”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.dɔˈɫɛn.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.doˈlɛn.da] === Proper noun === Adolenda f sg (genitive Adolendae); first declension The name of a goddess, who presided over the burning of trees struck by lightning ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Adolenda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Adolenda”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.