donatio
Latin
Etymology
From dōnāre, dōnō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /doːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪oːˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈnat.t͡si.o/, [d̪oˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
dōnātiō f (genitive dōnātiōnis); third declension
- A donation, gift
- An instance of giving, presenting
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dōnātiō | dōnātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dōnātiōnis | dōnātiōnum |
| Dative | dōnātiōnī | dōnātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dōnātiōnem | dōnātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dōnātiōne | dōnātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dōnātiō | dōnātiōnēs |
Related terms
- dō
- dōnātīvum
- dōnō
- dōnum
Descendants
- Old Portuguese: doaçon
- Galician: doazón
- Portuguese: doação
- Borrowings
- → Asturian: donación
- → Catalan: donació
- → Middle French: donation
- French: donation
- → Romanian: donație
- → Middle English: donacion, donation
- English: donation
- French: donation
- → German: Donation
- → Italian: donazione
- → Macedonian: донација (donacija)
- → Norwegian: donasjon
- → Polish: donacja
- → Serbo-Croatian: донација, donacija
- → Slovene: donacija
- → Spanish: donación
- → Swedish: donation
References
- “donatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “donatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- donatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- donatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “donatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin