assectatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsectātiō

Etymology

From assector +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [as.sɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [as.sekˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

assectātiō f (genitive assectātiōnis); third declension

1. attendance (on clients etc)
2. observation, study

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	assectātiō	assectātiōnēs
genitive	assectātiōnis	assectātiōnum
dative	assectātiōnī	assectātiōnibus
accusative	assectātiōnem	assectātiōnēs
ablative	assectātiōne	assectātiōnibus
vocative	assectātiō	assectātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: assectation

References

• “assectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assectatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.