admiratio

Latin

Etymology

From admīror (“regard with wonder”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad.miːˈraː.ti.oː/, [äd̪miːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.miˈrat.t͡si.o/, [äd̪miˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

admīrātiō f (genitive admīrātiōnis); third declension

1. wonder, admiration

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	admīrātiō	admīrātiōnēs
Genitive	admīrātiōnis	admīrātiōnum
Dative	admīrātiōnī	admīrātiōnibus
Accusative	admīrātiōnem	admīrātiōnēs
Ablative	admīrātiōne	admīrātiōnibus
Vocative	admīrātiō	admīrātiōnēs

Related terms

• admīrābilis
• admīrābilitās
• admīrābiliter
• admīrandus
• admīrātor
• admīror

 

Descendants

• Catalan: admiració
• English: admiration
• French: admiration
• Italian: ammirazione

• Portuguese: admiração
• Romanian: admirație
• Spanish: admiración

References

• “admiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admiratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• admiratio 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)
• admiratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be admired: admirationi esse
    
  • to be admired: admiratione affici
    
  • to be admired: admirationem habere (Quintil. 8. 2. 6)
    
  • some one is the object of much admiration: magna est admiratio alicuius
    
  • to fill a person with astonishment: admirationem alicui movere
    
  • to be fired with admiration: admiratione incensum esse
    
• admiratio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016