"distantia" meaning in Latin

See distantia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dɪsˈtan.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [disˈtan.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: distāns + -ia. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|distāns|ia}} distāns + -ia Head templates: {{la-noun|distantia<1>}} distantia f (genitive distantiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|distantia<1>}} Forms: distantiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], distantia [nominative, singular], distantiae [nominative, plural], distantiae [genitive, singular], distantiārum [genitive, plural], distantiae [dative, singular], distantiīs [dative, plural], distantiam [accusative, singular], distantiās [accusative, plural], distantiā [ablative, singular], distantiīs [ablative, plural], distantia [singular, vocative], distantiae [plural, vocative]
  1. distance, remoteness Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-distantia-la-noun-6ybzNOdT Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 35 29
  2. difference, diversity Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-distantia-la-noun-lwB0n0lo Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 35 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: distans, distō

Verb

IPA: [dɪsˈtan.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [disˈtan.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: distāns + -ia. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|distāns|ia}} distāns + -ia Head templates: {{head|la|participle form}} distantia
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of distāns Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, participle, plural, vocative Form of: distāns
    Sense id: en-distantia-la-verb-5lC0HKH9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 22 67 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 13 74

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "distància"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Antillean Creole",
          "lang_code": "gcf",
          "word": "distans"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "lang_code": "ht",
          "word": "distans"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Georgian",
              "lang_code": "ka",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "disṭancia",
              "word": "დისტანცია"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "raw_tags": [
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              ],
              "roman": "dystáncija",
              "word": "диста́нція"
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          "lang_code": "ru",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "distáncija",
          "word": "диста́нция"
        }
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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "distance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "distance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "distancia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "distanza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "distanza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "distància"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "distansa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "distância"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "distanță"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
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        },
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          "word": "avstånd"
        }
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        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Abstand"
    },
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  "etymology_text": "distāns + -ia.",
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      "form": "distantiam",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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