citatio

Latin

Etymology

From citō (“summon”) +‎ -tio (“-ion”, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaː.ti.oː/, [kɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈtat.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

citātiō f (genitive citātiōnis); third declension

1. summoning, calling
2. proclamation
3. citation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	citātiō	citātiōnēs
genitive	citātiōnis	citātiōnum
dative	citātiōnī	citātiōnibus
accusative	citātiōnem	citātiōnēs
ablative	citātiōne	citātiōnibus
vocative	citātiō	citātiōnēs

Related terms

• citō

Descendants

• Catalan: citació
• Danish: citation
• Old French: citation
  • → English: citation
  • French: citation
• Galician: citación
• Italian: citazione
• Dutch: citaat
• Old Occitan: citation
• Portuguese: citação
• Romanian: citație
• Spanish: citación

References

• “citatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• citatio 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)
• citatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• citatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016