LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

datiō

datiō f (genitive datiōnis)

Meaning

  1. the act of giving, allotting or distributing, giving up, surrender
  2. a gift
  3. the right to give away property; right of alienation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedatiōdatiōnēs
genitivedatiōnisdatiōnum
dativedatiōnīdatiōnibus
accusativedatiōnemdatiōnēs
ablativedatiōnedatiōnibus
vocativedatiōdatiōnēs

dătĭo, ōnis, f. do,
I. the act of giving, allotting, distributing; giving up, surrender (good prose, but rare).—
I. Prop.: in datione, Varr. R. R. 3, 9 fin.: legum ( = latio), * Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 60: signi dationem Palamedes invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202: legati, opp. ademptio legati, Dig. 34, 4, 14: partis, ib. 45, 1, 2.—
II. Transf.
A. The right to give or convey away property: right of alienation, * Liv. 39, 19.—
B. A gift (eccl. Lat.): datio Dei permanet pistis, Vulg. Sirach. 11, 17.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin datiō From dō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchdation
  • Italiandazio

Quick answers

What does datiō mean in Latin?
datiō, a noun, means “the act of giving, allotting or distributing, giving up, surrender; a gift; the right to give away property”.
What is the genitive of datiō?
The genitive singular is datiōnis. datiō is feminine, third declension.