captatio

captatio

Latin

Etymology

    From captō + -tiō.

    Noun

    captātiō f (genitive captātiōnis); third declension

    1. legacy-hunting
    2. feint

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative captātiō captātiōnēs
    genitive captātiōnis captātiōnum
    dative captātiōnī captātiōnibus
    accusative captātiōnem captātiōnēs
    ablative captātiōne captātiōnibus
    vocative captātiō captātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Dutch: captatie
    • French: captation
    • Portuguese: captação

    References

    • captatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • captatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • captatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio