largitio

largitio

Latin

Etymology

    From largior + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    largītiō f (genitive largītiōnis); third declension

    1. granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting
      1. bribery, corruption
    2. largess
      Synonym: mūnificentia
    3. bribery

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative largītiō largītiōnēs
    genitive largītiōnis largītiōnum
    dative largītiōnī largītiōnibus
    accusative largītiōnem largītiōnēs
    ablative largītiōne largītiōnibus
    vocative largītiō largītiōnēs

    Derived terms

    • largītiōnālis

    Descendants

    • Portuguese: largição

    References

    • largitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • largitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "largitio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • largitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • largitio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • largitio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin