licitatio

Latin

Etymology

licitor +‎ -tiō

Noun

licitātiō f (genitive licitātiōnis); third declension

1. bidding (offering a price)
2. a bid

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	licitātiō	licitātiōnēs
genitive	licitātiōnis	licitātiōnum
dative	licitātiōnī	licitātiōnibus
accusative	licitātiōnem	licitātiōnēs
ablative	licitātiōne	licitātiōnibus
vocative	licitātiō	licitātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: licitation
• → French: licitation
• → German: Lizitation
• → Italian: licitazione
• → Polish: licytacja
• → Spanish: licitación
• → Portuguese: licitação

References

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