palpitatio

Latin

Etymology

From palpitō (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”), frequentative of palpō (“touch softly, stroke, pat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pal.piˈtaː.ti.oː/, [päɫ̪pɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pal.piˈtat.t͡si.o/, [pälpiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

palpitātiō f (genitive palpitātiōnis); third declension

1. A frequent and rapid motion, trembling, throbbing, pulsating, palpitation, quivering, twitching.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palpitātiō	palpitātiōnēs
Genitive	palpitātiōnis	palpitātiōnum
Dative	palpitātiōnī	palpitātiōnibus
Accusative	palpitātiōnem	palpitātiōnēs
Ablative	palpitātiōne	palpitātiōnibus
Vocative	palpitātiō	palpitātiōnēs

Related terms

• palpābilis
• palpāmen
• palpāmentum
• palpātiō
• palpātor
• palpebra
• palpebrālis
• palpebrāris
• palpebrātiō
• palpebrō
• palpitātus
• palpitō
• palpō
• palpus

Descendants

• Catalan: palpitació
• English: palpitation
• French: palpitation
• Galician: palpitación
• Italian: palpitazione
• Portuguese: palpitação
• Spanish: palpitación

References

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