Latin edit

Etymology edit

From festinō (hurry) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

festīnātiō f (genitive festīnātiōnis); third declension

  1. An instance of hastening or hurrying; haste, hurry, dispatch, speed.
    Synonym: vēlōcitās

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative festīnātiō festīnātiōnēs
Genitive festīnātiōnis festīnātiōnum
Dative festīnātiōnī festīnātiōnibus
Accusative festīnātiōnem festīnātiōnēs
Ablative festīnātiōne festīnātiōnibus
Vocative festīnātiō festīnātiōnēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: festination
  • Italian: festinazione
  • Portuguese: festinação

References edit

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