LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

captātiō

captātiō f (genitive captātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. legacy-hunting
  2. feint

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecaptātiōcaptātiōnēs
genitivecaptātiōniscaptātiōnum
dativecaptātiōnīcaptātiōnibus
accusativecaptātiōnemcaptātiōnēs
ablativecaptātiōnecaptātiōnibus
vocativecaptātiōcaptātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

verborum aucupium or captatio
minute, pedantic carping at words.

captātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a reaching after or catching at something (rare): verborum, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81: puerilis vocum similium, Quint. 8, 3, 57: testamenti, legacy-hunting, Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160; Quint. 8, 6, 51.—
II. In fencing, t. t., a feint, Quint. 5, 13, 54.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Archaic Latinkapiō
  5. Latincaptātiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin captō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin captātiō From captō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchcaptation
  • Englishcaptationfrom French captation
  • Portuguesecaptação
  • Dutchcaptatie

Quick answers

What does captātiō mean in Latin?
captātiō, a noun, means “legacy-hunting; feint”.
What is the genitive of captātiō?
The genitive singular is captātiōnis. captātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does captātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kap- → Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti → Proto-Italic *kapjō → Archaic Latin kapiō → Latin captātiō.