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noun · femininethird declension

cōgitātiō

cōgitātiō f (genitive cōgitātiōnis)
Classical[koː.ɡɪˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ko.d͡ʒiˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. thinking, meditation, reflection
  2. thought
  3. reasoning
  4. intention, plan, design

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

id, quod animus sēcum loquitur
cōgitātiō -ōnis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 21

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Cogitare · Meditari · Commentari

1. Cogitare (from the Goth. hugjan) denotes the usual activity of the mind, which cannot exist without thinking, or employing itself about something; meditari (from μέδεσθαι), the continued and intense activity of the mind, which aims at a definite result. Ter. Heaut. iii. 3, 46. Quid nunc facere cogitas? Compare this with Adelph. v. 6, 8. Meditor esse affabilis. Cic. Cat. i. 9, 22. In Tusc. iii. 6, cogitatio means little more than consciousness; whereas meditatio means speculative reflection. 2. Meditari has an intensive meaning, with earnestness, exertion, and vivacity; commentari (only in Cicero) means to reflect leisurely, quietly, and profoundly. (v. 198.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōgitātiōcōgitātiōnēs
genitivecōgitātiōniscōgitātiōnum
dativecōgitātiōnīcōgitātiōnibus
accusativecōgitātiōnemcōgitātiōnēs
ablativecōgitātiōnecōgitātiōnibus
vocativecōgitātiōcōgitātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ingenium, cogitatio
imagination.
cogitatione, non re
ideally, not really.
haec cogitatio subit animum
an idea strikes me.
in cogitatione defixum esse
to be deep in thought.
in eam cogitationem incidere
to happen to think of...
cogitatione sibi aliquid depingere
to picture to oneself.
res cogitatione fictae or depictae
creatures of the imagination.
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid conferre
to give all one's attention to a thing.
9 more phrases
aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
to induce a person to think that...
omnes curas et cogitationes in rem publicam conferre
to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare.
animo, cogitatione aliquid praecipere (Off 1. 23. 81)
to form a conception of a thing beforehand.
cogitationem, animum in aliquid intendere (Acad. 4. 46)
to direct one's attention...
animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complecti
to grasp a thing mentally.
in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53)
to induce some one to take a brighter view of things.
in rem publicam omni cogitatione curaque incumbere (Fam. 10. 1. 2)
to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare.
animo, cogitatione aliquid fingere (or simply fingere, but without sibi), informare
to form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive.
cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
to study the commonplace.

cōgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. cogito, i. e. co-agito; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19; Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 7 Müll..
I. Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).
1. Absol.: cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156: cogitatione aliquid complecti, Quint. 11, 2, 19: subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 1 sq.: speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105: cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; 4, 13, 29: cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32: acerrima et attentissima, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: tacita, Quint. 5, 7, 2; cf. id. 6, 1, 44: provisa et formata, id. 10, 7, 8: fortuita, id. 10, 3, 29: male cohaerentem, id. 10, 6, 6: simplices, magnas, Tac. G. 22. —
2. With gen.: timoris praeteriti, Cic. Sest. 4, 11: cum officii, tum etiam periculi mei, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; Curt. 7, 8, 4: suscepti muneris, Quint. 4, prooem. 7: cogitationem habere argenti, amoenitatum, etc., Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10: illius loci, id. Att. 1, 11, 3: rerum, id. Fam. 5, 13, 5: petendi consulatūs, Vell. 2, 17, 2.—
3. With rel.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: mihi... occurrit cogitatio, qualis animus in corpore sit, etc., id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.—
II. Meton.
A. Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project: omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2; cf. id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 35, 28, 7: mandare litteris cogitationes suas, Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes, etc., id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; cf. Curt. 8, 3, 14: tacitae, Quint. 11, 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 8, 41: posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5 (transl. of Αἱ δεύτεραί πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι): ista cogitatio de triumpho, id. Att. 7, 3, 2: redit autem illa cogitatio, quosdam fore qui, etc., Quint. 1, 7, 33: de his rebus rogo vos, ut cogitationem suscipiatis, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere, Tac. H. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 23; 2, 74; id. A. 15, 54: vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus, Suet. Calig. 48.—
B. In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.: vim cogitationis habere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66): (homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis, id. Leg. 1, 7, 22; id. N. D. 3, 9, 21; 2, 7, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōgitātiō From cōgitō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancogitació
  • Englishcogitation
  • Frenchcogitation
  • Italiancogitazione
  • Portuguesecogitação
  • Portuguesecuidação
  • Spanishcogitación
  • Spanishcuidazón

Quick answers

What does cōgitātiō mean in Latin?
cōgitātiō, a noun, means “thinking, meditation, reflection; thought; reasoning”.
What is the genitive of cōgitātiō?
The genitive singular is cōgitātiōnis. cōgitātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōgitātiō?
In classical Latin, [koː.ɡɪˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ko.d͡ʒiˈtat.t͡si.o].