contemplatio
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From contemplor + -tiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.temˈplaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmˈpɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.temˈplat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪emˈplät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
contemplātiō f (genitive contemplātiōnis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contemplātiō | contemplātiōnēs |
| Genitive | contemplātiōnis | contemplātiōnum |
| Dative | contemplātiōnī | contemplātiōnibus |
| Accusative | contemplātiōnem | contemplātiōnēs |
| Ablative | contemplātiōne | contemplātiōnibus |
| Vocative | contemplātiō | contemplātiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: contemplació
- → English: contemplation
- → French: contemplation
- → Galician: contemplación
- → Italian: contemplazione
- → Occitan: contemplacion
- → Polish: kontemplacja
- → Portuguese: contemplação
- → Romanian: contemplație
- → Spanish: contemplación
References[edit]
- “contemplatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contemplatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contemplatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- contemplatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
- theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur