LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

anticipātiō

anticipātiō f (genitive anticipātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. preconception, innate notion
  2. anticipation
  3. rhetoricprolepsis

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanticipātiōanticipātiōnēs
genitiveanticipātiōnisanticipātiōnum
dativeanticipātiōnīanticipātiōnibus
accusativeanticipātiōnemanticipātiōnēs
ablativeanticipātiōneanticipātiōnibus
vocativeanticipātiōanticipātiōnēs

antĭcĭpātĭo, ōnis, f. anticipo.
I. A preconception, the innate notion of a thing formed before receiving instruction concerning it, Gr. πρόληψις (only in Cic.): deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43: sive anticipatio sive praenotio deorum, id. ib. 1, 17, 43.—
II. The first movements of the body before walking, Arn. 3, p. 107.—
III. In rhet., a figure of speech, anticipation = occupatio and πρόληψις, Jul. Ruf. p. 30 Pith.

Origins

anticipo + -tio. In the rhetoric sense, a calque of Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis).

Descendants
  • Catalananticipació
  • Englishanticipation
  • Frenchanticipation
  • Italiananticipazione
  • Portugueseantecipação
  • Romaniananticipație
  • Spanishanticipación
  • Galiciananticipación
  • Serbo-Croatiananticipacija
  • Serbo-Croatianантиципација

In English words that came into English from anticipātiō

  • anticipationanticipātiō

Quick answers

What does anticipātiō mean in Latin?
anticipātiō, a noun, means “preconception, innate notion; anticipation; prolepsis”.
What is the genitive of anticipātiō?
The genitive singular is anticipātiōnis. anticipātiō is feminine, third declension.