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meditatio
meditatio
Latin
Noun
meditātiō f (genitive meditātiōnis); third declension
- The act of thinking over something, contemplation, meditation; thought, idea.
- The act of planning or devising.
- (by extension) Preparation for something; intention.
- (by extension) Exercise or practice in something, study, rehearsal, custom, habit.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meditātiō | meditātiōnēs |
| genitive | meditātiōnis | meditātiōnum |
| dative | meditātiōnī | meditātiōnibus |
| accusative | meditātiōnem | meditātiōnēs |
| ablative | meditātiōne | meditātiōnibus |
| vocative | meditātiō | meditātiōnēs |
Derived terms
- meditātiunculā
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References
- meditatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meditatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MEDITATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meditatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.