essentia

Latin

Etymology

Analogical formation based on esse (“to be”), present active infinitive of sum (“I am”), coined to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /esˈsen.ti.a/, [ɛsˈsɛn.ti.a]

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

Noun

essentia f (genitive essentiae); first declension

essence, being

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	essentia	essentiae
Genitive	essentiae	essentiārum
Dative	essentiae	essentiīs
Accusative	essentiam	essentiās
Ablative	essentiā	essentiīs
Vocative	essentia	essentiae

Derived terms

essentialis
essentiāliter
quinta essentia

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: есе́нция (eséncija)
→ Czech: esence
→ Danish: essens
→ Dutch: essentie
English: essence
Esperanto: esenco
French: essence
- → Dutch: essence
- → Finnish: esanssi
Galician: esencia
→ German: Essenz
→ Hungarian: eszencia
Italian: essenza
- → Maltese: essenza
→ Polish: esencja
Portuguese: essência
Romanian: esență
→ Russian: эссе́нция (essɛ́ncija)
→ Serbo-Croatian: есѐнција, esèncija
→ Slovak: esencia
→ Slovene: esenca
Spanish: esencia
→ Swedish: essens

References

essentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
essentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
essentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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