donatio

Latin

Etymology

  • From dōnāre, dōnō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dōnātiō f (genitive dōnātiōnis); third declension

    1. A donation, gift
    2. An instance of giving, presenting

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dōnātiō dōnātiōnēs
    genitive dōnātiōnis dōnātiōnum
    dative dōnātiōnī dōnātiōnibus
    accusative dōnātiōnem dōnātiōnēs
    ablative dōnātiōne dōnātiōnibus
    vocative dōnātiō dōnātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Old Galician-Portuguese: doaçon
    Borrowings

    References

    • donatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • donatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "donatio", 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)
    • donatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • donatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin