licitatio

Latin

Etymology

licitor +‎ -tiō

Noun

licitātiō f (genitive licitātiōnis); third declension

1. bidding (offering a price)
2. a bid

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	licitātiō	licitātiōnēs
Genitive	licitātiōnis	licitātiōnum
Dative	licitātiōnī	licitātiōnibus
Accusative	licitātiōnem	licitātiōnēs
Ablative	licitātiōne	licitātiōnibus
Vocative	licitātiō	licitātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: licitation
• → French: licitation
• → German: Lizitation
• Italian: licitazione
• → Polish: licytacja
• Spanish: licitación

References

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