devotio

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Latin

Etymology

From dēvōtum +‎ -tiō, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēvōtiō f (genitive dēvōtiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of devoting or consecrating.
  2. Fealty, allegiance, devotedness, deference.
  3. Piety, devotion, zeal.
  4. The act of cursing; curse, imprecation, execration.
  5. Sorcery, enchantment; magical formula, incantation, spell.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēvōtiō dēvōtiōnēs
genitive dēvōtiōnis dēvōtiōnum
dative dēvōtiōnī dēvōtiōnibus
accusative dēvōtiōnem dēvōtiōnēs
ablative dēvōtiōne dēvōtiōnibus
vocative dēvōtiō dēvōtiōnēs

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References

  • “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
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