motio

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mowetjō. Equivalent to moveō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mōtiō f (genitive mōtiōnis); third declension

  1. motion, movement
  2. shivering
  3. expedition, military undertaking

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mōtiō mōtiōnēs
genitive mōtiōnis mōtiōnum
dative mōtiōnī mōtiōnibus
accusative mōtiōnem mōtiōnēs
ablative mōtiōne mōtiōnibus
vocative mōtiō mōtiōnēs

Descendants

References

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