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eleemosyna
eleemosyna
Latin
Noun
eleēmosyna f (genitive eleēmosynae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eleēmosyna | eleēmosynae |
| genitive | eleēmosynae | eleēmosynārum |
| dative | eleēmosynae | eleēmosynīs |
| accusative | eleēmosynam | eleēmosynās |
| ablative | eleēmosynā | eleēmosynīs |
| vocative | eleēmosyna | eleēmosynae |
Descendants
- Catalan: almoina
- French: aumône
- German: Almosen
- Italian: elemosina, limosina
- Old English: ælmesse
- English: alms
- English: eleemosynary
- Old Norse: ǫlmusa
- Danish: almisse
- Icelandic: ölmusa
- Old Portuguese: esmolna
- Portuguese: esmola
- Spanish: limosna
References
- eleemosyna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ELEEMOSYNA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eleemosyna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.