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Latin
Etymology
From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; flatter”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
palpātiō f (genitive palpātiōnis); third declension
- The act of stroking or flattering, flattery.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) Trembling, terror.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- “palpatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.