procrastinatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From prōcrāstinō (“to procrastinate”) + -tiō, from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.kraːs.tiˈnaː.ti.oː/, [proːkräːs̠t̪ɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.kras.tiˈnat.t͡si.o/, [prokräst̪iˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
prōcrāstinātiō f (genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis); third declension
- a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| Genitive | prōcrāstinātiōnis | prōcrāstinātiōnum |
| Dative | prōcrāstinātiōnī | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| Accusative | prōcrāstinātiōnem | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| Ablative | prōcrāstinātiōne | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| Vocative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
Synonyms edit
- (procrastination): morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: procrastination
- → Spanish: procrastinación
References edit
- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procrastinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.