competentia
lat. competentia ‘Zusammentreffen, Symmetrie, Analogie’,
- mlat. auch ‘Zugehörigkeit, Zuständigkeit’.
From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.peˈten.ti.a/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.peˈten.t͡si.a/, [kompeˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
competentia f (genitive competentiae); first declension
- agreement, symmetry, correspondence
- (of the stars) conjunction
- (Medieval Latin) competence, expertise [ quotations ▼]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | competentia | competentiae |
| Genitive | competentiae | competentiārum |
| Dative | competentiae | competentiīs |
| Accusative | competentiam | competentiās |
| Ablative | competentiā | competentiīs |
| Vocative | competentia | competentiae |