essentia

== Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin essentia === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈesːentiɑ/, [ˈe̞s̠ːe̞n̪ˌt̪iɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): es‧sen‧ti‧a Hyphenation(key): es‧sen‧tia === Noun === essentia (philosophy) synonym of olemus (“essence”) (true nature of anything). ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From *essēns (hypothetical present participle of sum (“to be”)) +‎ -ia, by analogy with the present infinitive esse, and other derivations from the same root, such as absentia (from absum) and praesentia (from praesum); coined by Cicero to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), which is its exact cognate. Literally, “beingness”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛsˈsɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [esˈsɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === essentia f (genitive essentiae); first declension essence, being ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== essentiālis essentiāliter quinta essentia ==== Descendants ==== === References === “essentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "essentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “essentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.