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elatio
elatio
Latin
Noun
ēlātiō f (genitive ēlātiōnis); third declension
- The act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial.
- The act of lifting or raising up, elevation.
- (figuratively) The state of being carried away or hurried along; transport; passion.
- (figuratively) Exaltation, elevation, glorification, extolment.
- (figuratively) An exalted state of mind; self-exaltation, pride, elation.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēlātiō | ēlātiōnēs |
| genitive | ēlātiōnis | ēlātiōnum |
| dative | ēlātiōnī | ēlātiōnibus |
| accusative | ēlātiōnem | ēlātiōnēs |
| ablative | ēlātiōne | ēlātiōnibus |
| vocative | ēlātiō | ēlātiōnēs |
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Descendants
References
- elatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- elatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ELATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis