sustentatio

English

Etymology

From Latin sustentātiō. Doublet of sustentation.

Noun

sustentatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Suspense.

Latin

Etymology

From sustentō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

sustentātiō f (genitive sustentātiōnis); third declension

  1. delay; forbearance
  2. sustenance, maintenance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sustentātiō sustentātiōnēs
genitive sustentātiōnis sustentātiōnum
dative sustentātiōnī sustentātiōnibus
accusative sustentātiōnem sustentātiōnēs
ablative sustentātiōne sustentātiōnibus
vocative sustentātiō sustentātiōnēs

References

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