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English
Etymology
From Latin sustentātiō. Doublet of sustentation.
Noun
sustentatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Suspense.
Latin
Etymology
From sustentō + -tiō.
Noun
sustentātiō f (genitive sustentātiōnis); third declension
- delay; forbearance
- sustenance, maintenance
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “sustentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sustentatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "sustentatio", 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)
- sustentatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.