querimonia

querimonia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin querimonia.

Noun

querimonia f (plural querimonie)

  1. complaint, grievance, grumble, bellyache

Latin

Etymology

    From queror (to complain, or a related adjectival root) + -mōnia.

    Noun

    querimōnia f (genitive querimōniae); first declension

    1. complaint (grievance)
      • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.27:
        Nunc, ut ā mē, patrēs cōnscrīptī, quandam prope iūstam patriae querimōniam dētester ac dēprecer, percipite, quaesō, dīligenter, quae dīcam, et ea penitus animīs vestrīs mentibusque mandāte.
        Now, Conscript Fathers, in order that I may ward off and plead against a certain, almost justified, complaint from the nation that is aimed at me, please, I beg you, pay close attention to what I am about to say, and commit those [words] deeply to your hearts and minds.

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative querimōnia querimōniae
    genitive querimōniae querimōniārum
    dative querimōniae querimōniīs
    accusative querimōniam querimōniās
    ablative querimōniā querimōniīs
    vocative querimōnia querimōniae

    Descendants

    • Inherited:
      • Portuguese: caramunha
    • Borrowed:

    References