palpitatio
Latin
Etymology
From palpitō (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”), frequentative of palpō (“touch softly, stroke, pat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pal.piˈtaː.ti.oː/, [päɫ̪pɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pal.piˈtat.t͡si.o/, [pälpiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
palpitātiō f (genitive palpitātiōnis); third declension
- A frequent and rapid motion, trembling, throbbing, pulsating, palpitation, quivering, twitching.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palpitātiō | palpitātiōnēs |
| Genitive | palpitātiōnis | palpitātiōnum |
| Dative | palpitātiōnī | palpitātiōnibus |
| Accusative | palpitātiōnem | palpitātiōnēs |
| Ablative | palpitātiōne | palpitātiōnibus |
| Vocative | palpitātiō | palpitātiōnēs |
Related terms
- palpābilis
- palpāmen
- palpāmentum
- palpātiō
- palpātor
- palpebra
- palpebrālis
- palpebrāris
- palpebrātiō
- palpebrō
- palpitātus
- palpitō
- palpō
- palpus
Descendants
- Catalan: palpitació
- English: palpitation
- French: palpitation
- Galician: palpitación
- Italian: palpitazione
- Portuguese: palpitação
- Spanish: palpitación
References
- “palpitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpitatio 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)
- palpitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette