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essentia

essentia · f

the being

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Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 9 · 15.43/10k
Quomodo Substantiae in Eo Quod Sint Bonae Sint Cum Non Sint Substantialia Bona 1 · 7.28/10k
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Carmina 4 · 1.78/10k
Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

essentĭa — Lewis & Short

essentĭa, ae, f.sum,

I the being or essence of a thing; transl. of the Gr. ou)si/a: haec interpretatio (rhetorices) non minus dura est, quam illa Flavii essentia atque entia, Quint. 2, 14, 2; 3, 6, 23; 8, 3, 33: cupio, propitiis auribus tuis, essentiam dicere. Ciceronem auctorem hujus verbi habeo, Sen. Ep. 58, 6.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. essentia (scan p. 226; entry #3506).

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