litigatio

Latin

Etymology

From lītigō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liː.tiˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [lʲiːt̪ɪˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [lit̪iˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lītigātiō f (genitive lītigātiōnis); third declension

1. dispute, quarrel
2. lawsuit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lītigātiō	lītigātiōnēs
Genitive	lītigātiōnis	lītigātiōnum
Dative	lītigātiōnī	lītigātiōnibus
Accusative	lītigātiōnem	lītigātiōnēs
Ablative	lītigātiōne	lītigātiōnibus
Vocative	lītigātiō	lītigātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: litigation

References

• litigatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• litigatio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “litigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press