intimatio

Latin

Etymology

From intimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tiˈmaː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɪˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tiˈmat.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪iˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

intimātiō f (genitive intimātiōnis); third declension

1. demonstration, exposition
2. accusation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	intimātiō	intimātiōnēs
Genitive	intimātiōnis	intimātiōnum
Dative	intimātiōnī	intimātiōnibus
Accusative	intimātiōnem	intimātiōnēs
Ablative	intimātiōne	intimātiōnibus
Vocative	intimātiō	intimātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: intimation
• French: intimation
• Italian: intimazione
• Portuguese: intimação
• Spanish: intimación

References

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