expectatio

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Latin

Noun

expectātiō f (genitive expectātiōnis); third declension

  1. expectation
  2. suspense
  3. wait

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative expectātiō expectātiōnēs
Genitive expectātiōnis expectātiōnum
Dative expectātiōnī expectātiōnibus
Accusative expectātiōnem expectātiōnēs
Ablative expectātiōne expectātiōnibus
Vocative expectātiō expectātiōnēs

References

  • expectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • expectatio 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)
  • expectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.