Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From temptō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

temptātiō f (genitive temptātiōnis); third declension

  1. trial, temptation

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative temptātiō temptātiōnēs
Genitive temptātiōnis temptātiōnum
Dative temptātiōnī temptātiōnibus
Accusative temptātiōnem temptātiōnēs
Ablative temptātiōne temptātiōnibus
Vocative temptātiō temptātiōnēs

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • temptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers