temptatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• tentātiō

Etymology

From temptō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tempˈtaː.ti.oː/, [t̪ɛmpˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tempˈtat.t͡si.o/, [t̪empˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

temptātiō f (genitive temptātiōnis); third declension

1. trial, temptation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	temptātiō	temptātiōnēs
Genitive	temptātiōnis	temptātiōnum
Dative	temptātiōnī	temptātiōnibus
Accusative	temptātiōnem	temptātiōnēs
Ablative	temptātiōne	temptātiōnibus
Vocative	temptātiō	temptātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: temptació
• Dalmatian: tentatiaun
• French: tentation
• Friulian: tentazion
• Galician: tentación
• Italian: tentazione
• Occitan: temtason
• → Old French: temptacion
  • → English: temptation
• Portuguese: tentação
• Romanian: tentație
• Sardinian: tentacione
• Spanish: tentación

Further reading

• “temptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers