meditatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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From meditor (“to think or reflect upon, meditate”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.dɪˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.diˈtat.t͡si.o]
Noun
[edit]meditātiō f (genitive meditātiōnis); third declension
- The act of thinking over something, contemplation, meditation; thought, idea.
- The act of planning or devising.
- (by extension) Preparation for something; intention.
- (by extension) Exercise or practice in something, study, rehearsal, custom, habit.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meditātiō | meditātiōnēs |
| genitive | meditātiōnis | meditātiōnum |
| dative | meditātiōnī | meditātiōnibus |
| accusative | meditātiōnem | meditātiōnēs |
| ablative | meditātiōne | meditātiōnibus |
| vocative | meditātiō | meditātiōnēs |
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: meditació
- English: meditation
- French: méditation
- → Romanian: meditație
- → Turkish: meditasyon
- Galician: meditación
- Hungarian: meditáció
- Polish: medytacja
- Portuguese: meditação
- Russian: медитация (meditacija)
- Spanish: meditación
References
[edit]- “meditatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meditatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "meditatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “meditatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
