oblectatio

oblectatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin ob-
Latin lactō
Latin oblectō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin oblectātiō

    From oblectō + -tiō.

    Noun

    oblectātiō f (genitive oblectātiōnis); third declension

    1. delight, amusement, diversion

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative oblectātiō oblectātiōnēs
    genitive oblectātiōnis oblectātiōnum
    dative oblectātiōnī oblectātiōnibus
    accusative oblectātiōnem oblectātiōnēs
    ablative oblectātiōne oblectātiōnibus
    vocative oblectātiō oblectātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • → English: oblectation

    References

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