dicatio

dicatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin dicō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin dicātiō

    From dicō (“to dedicate”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dicātiō f (genitive dicātiōnis); third declension

    1. a formal declaration of intention to become a citizen
    2. a giving of praise
    3. (Christianity, as a title) reverence
      tua dicatio ― Your Reverence

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dicātiō dicātiōnēs
    genitive dicātiōnis dicātiōnum
    dative dicātiōnī dicātiōnibus
    accusative dicātiōnem dicātiōnēs
    ablative dicātiōne dicātiōnibus
    vocative dicātiō dicātiōnēs

    References

    • “dicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “dicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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