Valentia

See also: valentia and valentía

Latin

Etymology

From valentia (“competence, power, vigor”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /waˈlen.ti.a/, [waˈɫɛn.ti.a]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈlen.t͡si.a/

Proper noun

Valentia f (genitive Valentiae); first declension

The name of several settlements in the Roman world, including:
1. Valencia (city in modern Spain)
2. Valence (city in modern France)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Valentia
Genitive	Valentiae
Dative	Valentiae
Accusative	Valentiam
Ablative	Valentiā
Vocative	Valentia
Locative	Valentiae

References

Valentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Valentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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