supererogatio

Latin

Etymology

From superērogō (“pay out over and above”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.pe.reː.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛreːrɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.pe.re.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [supereroˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

superērogātiō f (genitive superērogātiōnis); third declension

1. A payment in addition.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	superērogātiō	superērogātiōnēs
Genitive	superērogātiōnis	superērogātiōnum
Dative	superērogātiōnī	superērogātiōnibus
Accusative	superērogātiōnem	superērogātiōnēs
Ablative	superērogātiōne	superērogātiōnibus
Vocative	superērogātiō	superērogātiōnēs

Derived terms

• superērogātōrius

Related terms

• ērogātiō
• ērogātor
• ērogātōrius

• ērogō
• superērogō

Descendants

• English: supererogation
• Italian: supererogazione
• French: surérogation

References

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