contemplatio
Latin
Etymology
From contemplor + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.temˈplaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmˈpɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.temˈplat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪emˈplät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
contemplātiō f (genitive contemplātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | contemplātiō | contemplātiōnēs |
Genitive | contemplātiōnis | contemplātiōnum |
Dative | contemplātiōnī | contemplātiōnibus |
Accusative | contemplātiōnem | contemplātiōnēs |
Ablative | contemplātiōne | contemplātiōnibus |
Vocative | contemplātiō | contemplātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: contemplation
- French: contemplation
- Italian: contemplazione
- Portuguese: contemplação
- Spanish: contemplación
- Polish: kontemplacja
References
- “contemplatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contemplatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contemplatio 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)
- contemplatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur
- theoretical, speculative philosophy: philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur, or quae artis praeceptis continetur