excitatio

Latin

Etymology

From excitō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eks.kiˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠kɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eks.t͡ʃiˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ekst͡ʃiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

excitātiō f (genitive excitātiōnis); third declension

1. wakening
2. rousing
3. excitation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	excitātiō	excitātiōnēs
Genitive	excitātiōnis	excitātiōnum
Dative	excitātiōnī	excitātiōnibus
Accusative	excitātiōnem	excitātiōnēs
Ablative	excitātiōne	excitātiōnibus
Vocative	excitātiō	excitātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: excitació
• English: excitation
• French: excitation
• Italian: eccitazione
• Portuguese: excitação
• Spanish: excitación

References

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