festinatio

Latin

Etymology

From festinō (“hurry”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fes.tiːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [fɛs̠t̪iːˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fes.tiˈnat.t͡si.o/, [fest̪iˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

festīnātiō f (genitive festīnātiōnis); third declension

1. An instance of hastening or hurrying; haste, hurry, dispatch, speed.

   Synonym: vēlōcitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	festīnātiō	festīnātiōnēs
Genitive	festīnātiōnis	festīnātiōnum
Dative	festīnātiōnī	festīnātiōnibus
Accusative	festīnātiōnem	festīnātiōnēs
Ablative	festīnātiōne	festīnātiōnibus
Vocative	festīnātiō	festīnātiōnēs

Related terms

• festīnābundus
• festīnāns
• festīnanter
• festīnātim
• festīnātō
• festīnē
• festīnō
• festīnus

Descendants

• English: festination
• Italian: festinazione
• Portuguese: festinação

References

• “festinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “festinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• festinatio 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)
• festinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.