notatio

From notō (“to mark, write, note”) + -tiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɔˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [noˈtat.t͡si.o]

notātiō f (genitive notātiōnis); third declension

1. marking, noting
2. choice, designation
3. observation
4. describing, depicting, characterizing
5. The designation of the meaning and derivation of a word — etymology.
6. The use of letters to denote entire words.

Third-declension noun.

• nota
• notātus
• notula

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