meditatio

Latin

Etymology

From meditor (“to think or reflect upon, meditate”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

meditātiō f (genitive meditātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of thinking over something, contemplation, meditation; thought, idea.
  2. The act of planning or devising.
  3. (by extension) Preparation for something; intention.
  4. (by extension) Exercise or practice in something, study, rehearsal, custom, habit.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative meditātiō meditātiōnēs
genitive meditātiōnis meditātiōnum
dative meditātiōnī meditātiōnibus
accusative meditātiōnem meditātiōnēs
ablative meditātiōne meditātiōnibus
vocative meditātiō meditātiōnēs

Derived terms

  • meditātiunculā

Descendants

References

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