clementia

== Latin == === Etymology === From clēmēns + -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɫeːˈmɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kleˈmɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === clēmentia f (genitive clēmentiae); first declension mercy, clemency gentleness, mildness clemency, mildness (of climate or the weather) Grace (capitalized for royal/imperial titles and addresses) Clementia tua ― your Grace ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “clementia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “clementia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clementia. === Noun === clementia oblique singular, f (oblique plural clementias, nominative singular clementia, nominative plural clementias) (9th century) clemency; mercy