dignatio

Latin

Etymology

From dignor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [d̪iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dignātiō f (genitive dignātiōnis); third declension

1. respect, esteem, regard
2. dignity, honour, reputation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dignātiō	dignātiōnēs
Genitive	dignātiōnis	dignātiōnum
Dative	dignātiōnī	dignātiōnibus
Accusative	dignātiōnem	dignātiōnēs
Ablative	dignātiōne	dignātiōnibus
Vocative	dignātiō	dignātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: dignation
• Italian: degnazione
• Portuguese: dignação
• Spanish: dignación

References

• “dignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dignatio 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)
• dignatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dignatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016