propensio

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Latin

Etymology

From prōpendeō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

prōpēnsiō f (genitive prōpēnsiōnis); third declension

  1. inclination, propensity, tendency
    Synonyms: dēsīderium, studium, libīdō, inclīnātiō, appetītiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

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