cooptatio

Latin

Etymology

cooptō +‎ -tiō

Noun

cooptātiō f (genitive cooptātiōnis); third declension

  1. cooption, adoption (into office)
  2. election, choice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cooptātiō cooptātiōnēs
genitive cooptātiōnis cooptātiōnum
dative cooptātiōnī cooptātiōnibus
accusative cooptātiōnem cooptātiōnēs
ablative cooptātiōne cooptātiōnibus
vocative cooptātiō cooptātiōnēs

Descendants

  • French: cooptation
  • Italian: cooptazione
  • Romanian: cooptațiune
  • Spanish: cooptación

References

  • “cooptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cooptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cooptatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cooptatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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