clarigatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós

Proto-Italic *klāros

Latin clārus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ōder.

Latin -igō

Latin clārigō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin clārigātiō

From clārigō (“to proclaim war against an enemy with a ceremony”) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɫaː.rɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kla.riˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Noun

clārigātiō f (genitive clārigātiōnis); third declension

1. "a solemn demand for redress, a religious solemnity with which the Fetialis declared war upon an enemy, in case he should refuse to give satisfaction within 33 days for injuries sustained" (Lewis and Short)
2. (law) a fine for transgressing a limit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clārigātiō	clārigātiōnēs
genitive	clārigātiōnis	clārigātiōnum
dative	clārigātiōnī	clārigātiōnibus
accusative	clārigātiōnem	clārigātiōnēs
ablative	clārigātiōne	clārigātiōnibus
vocative	clārigātiō	clārigātiōnēs

References

• “clarigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clarigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers