haesitatio

Latin

Etymology

haesitō +‎ -tiō

Noun

haesitātiō f (genitive haesitātiōnis); third declension

1. hesitation, hesitating
2. stammering
3. irresolution, perplexity, embarrassment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haesitātiō	haesitātiōnēs
Genitive	haesitātiōnis	haesitātiōnum
Dative	haesitātiōnī	haesitātiōnibus
Accusative	haesitātiōnem	haesitātiōnēs
Ablative	haesitātiōne	haesitātiōnibus
Vocative	haesitātiō	haesitātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: hesitació
• French: hésitation
• Italian: esitazione
• Piedmontese: esitassion
• → Portuguese: hesitação
• Romanian: ezitațiune
• Spanish: hesitación

References

• “haesitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haesitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• haesitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.