elatio

Latin

Etymology

From ēlātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; rise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlat.t͡si.o/, [eˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēlātiō	ēlātiōnēs
Genitive	ēlātiōnis	ēlātiōnum
Dative	ēlātiōnī	ēlātiōnibus
Accusative	ēlātiōnem	ēlātiōnēs
Ablative	ēlātiōne	ēlātiōnibus
Vocative	ēlātiō	ēlātiōnēs

Related terms

efferō
ēlātē
ēlātus

Descendants

Catalan: elació
English: elation
French: élation
Portuguese: elação
Spanish: elación

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
elatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis