devotio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dēvōtum + -tiō, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯oː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈu̯oːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvot.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈvɔt̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
dēvōtiō f (genitive dēvōtiōnis); third declension
- The act of devoting or consecrating.
- Fealty, allegiance, devotedness, deference.
- Piety, devotion, zeal.
- The act of cursing; curse, imprecation, execration.
- Sorcery, enchantment; magical formula, incantation, spell.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēvōtiō | dēvōtiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēvōtiōnis | dēvōtiōnum |
| Dative | dēvōtiōnī | dēvōtiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēvōtiōnem | dēvōtiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēvōtiōne | dēvōtiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēvōtiō | dēvōtiōnēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (allegiance): obsequium
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “devotio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devotio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devotio 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)
- devotio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “devotio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers