Latin Etymology From temperans. Noun temperantia f (genitive temperantiae); first declension moderation, sobriety, temperance, self control, sophrosyne Declension First-declension noun.More information singular, plural ... singular plural nominative temperantia temperantiae genitive temperantiae temperantiārum dative temperantiae temperantiīs accusative temperantiam temperantiās ablative temperantiā temperantiīs vocative temperantia temperantiae Close Descendants Inherited: Catalan: temprança Italian: tempranza Spanish: templanza Borrowed: → Catalan: temperància → English: temperance → French: tempérance → Italian: temperanza → Portuguese: temperança → Romanian: temperanță → Spanish: temperancia References “temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “temperantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers temperantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co. to behave with moderation: temperantia uti Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.