destinatio

Latin

Etymology

dēstinō +‎ -tiō

Noun

dēstinātiō f (genitive dēstinātiōnis); third declension

1. resolution, determination, purpose, design
2. destination
3. obstinacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēstinātiō	dēstinātiōnēs
Genitive	dēstinātiōnis	dēstinātiōnum
Dative	dēstinātiōnī	dēstinātiōnibus
Accusative	dēstinātiōnem	dēstinātiōnēs
Ablative	dēstinātiōne	dēstinātiōnibus
Vocative	dēstinātiō	dēstinātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: destinació
• French: destination
• Italian: destinazione
• Occitan: destinacion
• Portuguese: destinação
• Romanian: destinație
• Spanish: destinación

References

• “destinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “destinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• destinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.