praedicatio

Latin

Etymology

From praedicō (“proclaim, announce”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.diˈkaː.ti.oː/, [präe̯d̪ɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.diˈkat.t͡si.o/, [pred̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

praedicātiō f (genitive praedicātiōnis); third declension

1. public proclamation or publication
2. praise, commendation
3. prediction, prophecy
4. preaching

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praedicātiō	praedicātiōnēs
Genitive	praedicātiōnis	praedicātiōnum
Dative	praedicātiōnī	praedicātiōnibus
Accusative	praedicātiōnem	praedicātiōnēs
Ablative	praedicātiōne	praedicātiōnibus
Vocative	praedicātiō	praedicātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: predicació
• French: prédication
• Galician: predicación
• Italian: predicazione
• Portuguese: predicação
• Romanian: predicație
• Spanish: predicación

References

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