devotatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēvōtō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.woːˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.voˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

dēvōtātiō f (genitive dēvōtātiōnis); third declension

1. consecration
2. vowing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēvōtātiō	dēvōtātiōnēs
genitive	dēvōtātiōnis	dēvōtātiōnum
dative	dēvōtātiōnī	dēvōtātiōnibus
accusative	dēvōtātiōnem	dēvōtātiōnēs
ablative	dēvōtātiōne	dēvōtātiōnibus
vocative	dēvōtātiō	dēvōtātiōnēs

Descendants

• Portuguese: devotação
• Romanian: devotațiune

References

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