largitio

Latin

Etymology

From largior +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /larˈɡiː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪ärˈɡiːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /larˈd͡ʒit.t͡si.o/, [lärˈd͡ʒit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

largītiō f (genitive largītiōnis); third declension

1. granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting
   1. bribery, corruption
2. largess

   Synonym: mūnificentia

3. bribery

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	largītiō	largītiōnēs
Genitive	largītiōnis	largītiōnum
Dative	largītiōnī	largītiōnibus
Accusative	largītiōnem	largītiōnēs
Ablative	largītiōne	largītiōnibus
Vocative	largītiō	largītiōnēs

Derived terms

• largītiōnālis

Descendants

• Portuguese: largição

References

• “largitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “largitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• largitio 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)
• largitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “largitio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “largitio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin