existimatio

existimatio

Latin

Etymology

    From existimō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    exīstimātiō f (genitive exīstimātiōnis); third declension

    1. judgement, opinion (normally good)
    2. reputation, honour, character, credit

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative exīstimātiō exīstimātiōnēs
    genitive exīstimātiōnis exīstimātiōnum
    dative exīstimātiōnī exīstimātiōnibus
    accusative exīstimātiōnem exīstimātiōnēs
    ablative exīstimātiōne exīstimātiōnibus
    vocative exīstimātiō exīstimātiōnēs

    References

    • existimatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • existimatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • existimatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of: bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
      • the common opinion, the general idea: existimatio hominum, omnium
      • public opinion: existimatio populi, hominum