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devotio
devotio
Latin
Noun
dēvōtiō f (genitive dēvōtiōnis); third declension
- The act of devoting or consecrating.
- Fealty, allegiance, devotedness, deference.
- Piety, devotion, zeal.
- The act of cursing; curse, imprecation, execration.
- Sorcery, enchantment; magical formula, incantation, spell.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēvōtiō | dēvōtiōnēs |
| genitive | dēvōtiōnis | dēvōtiōnum |
| dative | dēvōtiōnī | dēvōtiōnibus |
| accusative | dēvōtiōnem | dēvōtiōnēs |
| ablative | dēvōtiōne | dēvōtiōnibus |
| vocative | dēvōtiō | dēvōtiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (allegiance): obsequium
Related terms
Descendants
References
- devotio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devotio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DEVOTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “devotio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- devotio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers