vexatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vexō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin vexātiō

From vexō + -tiō.

Noun

vexātiō f (genitive vexātiōnis); third declension

1. shaking (or similar violent movement)
2. agitation
3. discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress
4. trouble, vexation
5. persecution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vexātiō	vexātiōnēs
genitive	vexātiōnis	vexātiōnum
dative	vexātiōnī	vexātiōnibus
accusative	vexātiōnem	vexātiōnēs
ablative	vexātiōne	vexātiōnibus
vocative	vexātiō	vexātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: vexació
• → English: vexation
• French: vexation
• Italian: vessazione
• Portuguese: vexação
• Romanian: vexațiune, vexație
• Spanish: vejación

References

• “vexatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vexatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vexatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “vexatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.