Latin edit

Etymology edit

From vindicō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vindicātiō f (genitive vindicātiōnis); third declension

  1. civil lawsuit
  2. protection, defence; vindication
    Synonyms: dēfēnsa, dēfēnsiō, prōtēctiō, tūtēla
  3. avenging
  4. punishment
    Synonyms: poena, supplicium, exemplum, sānctiō, pūnītiō, mercēs, pretium, vindicta, animadversus, malum

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vindicātiō vindicātiōnēs
Genitive vindicātiōnis vindicātiōnum
Dative vindicātiōnī vindicātiōnibus
Accusative vindicātiōnem vindicātiōnēs
Ablative vindicātiōne vindicātiōnibus
Vocative vindicātiō vindicātiōnēs

References edit

  • vindicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vindicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vindicatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vindicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vindicatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vindicatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin