consternatio

consternatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin cōn-
Latin sternō
Latin cōnsternō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin cōnsternātiō

    From cōnsternō + -tiō.

    Noun

    cōnsternātiō f (genitive cōnsternātiōnis); third declension

    1. confusion, dismay, alarm, disquietude, disturbance
    2. tumult, disorder; sedition; mutiny

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cōnsternātiō cōnsternātiōnēs
    genitive cōnsternātiōnis cōnsternātiōnum
    dative cōnsternātiōnī cōnsternātiōnibus
    accusative cōnsternātiōnem cōnsternātiōnēs
    ablative cōnsternātiōne cōnsternātiōnibus
    vocative cōnsternātiō cōnsternātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • French: consternation
    • Portuguese: consternação
    • Spanish: consternación

    References

    • “consternatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “consternatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “consternatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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