notatio

Latin

Etymology

From notō (“to mark, write, note”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈtaː.ti.oː/, [nɔˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈtat.t͡si.o/, [noˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

notātiō f (genitive notātiōnis); third declension

1. marking, noting
2. choice, designation
3. observation
4. describing, depicting, characterizing
5. The designation of the meaning and derivation of a word — etymology.
6. The use of letters to denote entire words.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	notātiō	notātiōnēs
Genitive	notātiōnis	notātiōnum
Dative	notātiōnī	notātiōnibus
Accusative	notātiōnem	notātiōnēs
Ablative	notātiōne	notātiōnibus
Vocative	notātiō	notātiōnēs

Related terms

• nota
• notātus
• notō
• notula

Descendants

• English: notation
• Italian: notazione
• Russian: нотация (notacija)

References

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