devotatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēvōtō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.u̯oːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːu̯oːˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.voˈtat.t͡si.o/, [d̪evoˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēvōtātiō f (genitive dēvōtātiōnis); third declension

1. consecration
2. vowing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēvōtātiō	dēvōtātiōnēs
Genitive	dēvōtātiōnis	dēvōtātiōnum
Dative	dēvōtātiōnī	dēvōtātiōnibus
Accusative	dēvōtātiōnem	dēvōtātiōnēs
Ablative	dēvōtātiōne	dēvōtātiōnibus
Vocative	dēvōtātiō	dēvōtātiōnēs

Descendants

• Portuguese: devotação

References

• “devotatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devotatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.