Latin edit

Etymology edit

adhortor +‎ -tiō

Noun edit

adhortātiō f (genitive adhortātiōnis); third declension

  1. exhortation
  2. encouragement
  3. (rhetoric) An exhortation intended to win the consent or desire of the audience.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adhortātiō adhortātiōnēs
Genitive adhortātiōnis adhortātiōnum
Dative adhortātiōnī adhortātiōnibus
Accusative adhortātiōnem adhortātiōnēs
Ablative adhortātiōne adhortātiōnibus
Vocative adhortātiō adhortātiōnēs

Descendants edit

  • English: adhortation

References edit

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