litigatio

Latin

Etymology

From lītigō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [liː.tɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [li.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Noun

lītigātiō f (genitive lītigātiōnis); third declension

1. dispute, quarrel
2. lawsuit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lītigātiō	lītigātiōnēs
genitive	lītigātiōnis	lītigātiōnum
dative	lītigātiōnī	lītigātiōnibus
accusative	lītigātiōnem	lītigātiōnēs
ablative	lītigātiōne	lītigātiōnibus
vocative	lītigātiō	lītigātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: litigation

References

• “litigatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• litigatio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “litigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press