praevaricatio
Latin
Etymology
praevāricor + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.waː.rɪˈkaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.va.riˈkat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
praevāricātiō f (genitive praevāricātiōnis); third declension
Usage notes
The Old Latin form praevaricationus shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praevāricātiō | praevāricātiōnēs |
| genitive | praevāricātiōnis | praevāricātiōnum |
| dative | praevāricātiōnī | praevāricātiōnibus |
| accusative | praevāricātiōnem | praevāricātiōnēs |
| ablative | praevāricātiōne | praevāricātiōnibus |
| vocative | praevāricātiō | praevāricātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Spanish: prevaricación
References
- “praevaricatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praevaricatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "praevaricatio", 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)
- praevaricatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “praevaricatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers