consternatio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnsternō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

cōnsternātiō f (genitive cōnsternātiōnis); third declension

1. confusion, dismay, alarm, disquietude, disturbance
2. tumult, disorder; sedition; mutiny

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsternātiō	cōnsternātiōnēs
Genitive	cōnsternātiōnis	cōnsternātiōnum
Dative	cōnsternātiōnī	cōnsternātiōnibus
Accusative	cōnsternātiōnem	cōnsternātiōnēs
Ablative	cōnsternātiōne	cōnsternātiōnibus
Vocative	cōnsternātiō	cōnsternātiōnēs

Descendants

• French: consternation
  • English: consternation
• Portuguese: consternação
• Spanish: consternación

References

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