captatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From captō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

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captātiō f (genitive captātiōnis); third declension

  1. legacy-hunting
  2. feint

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captātiō captātiōnēs
Genitive captātiōnis captātiōnum
Dative captātiōnī captātiōnibus
Accusative captātiōnem captātiōnēs
Ablative captātiōne captātiōnibus
Vocative captātiō captātiōnēs

Descendants

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  • French: captation
  • Portuguese: captação

References

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  • captatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • captatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • captatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio