donatio

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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.

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