procrastinatio
Latin
Etymology
From prōcrāstinō (“to procrastinate”) + -tiō, from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.kraːs.tɪˈnaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.kras.t̪iˈnat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
prōcrāstinātiō f (genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis); third declension
- a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| genitive | prōcrāstinātiōnis | prōcrāstinātiōnum |
| dative | prōcrāstinātiōnī | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| accusative | prōcrāstinātiōnem | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| ablative | prōcrāstinātiōne | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| vocative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (procrastination): morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: procrastination
- → Spanish: procrastinación
References
- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procrastinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.