dedicatio
Latin
Etymology
From dēdicō (“dedicate, proclaim”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.diˈkaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.diˈkat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ed̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
dēdicātiō f (genitive dēdicātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēdicātiō | dēdicātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēdicātiōnis | dēdicātiōnum |
| Dative | dēdicātiōnī | dēdicātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēdicātiōnem | dēdicātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēdicātiōne | dēdicātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēdicātiō | dēdicātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: dedicació
- Galician: dedicación
- Italian: dedicazione
- Portuguese: dedicação
- Spanish: dedicación
- English: dedication
References
- “dedicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dedicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dedicatio 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)
- dedicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dedicatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dedicatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin