LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēclāmātiō

dēclāmātiō f (genitive dēclāmātiōnis)
Classical[deː.kɫaːˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.klaˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. declamation (oratorical delivery)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēclāmātiōdēclāmātiōnēs
genitivedēclāmātiōnisdēclāmātiōnum
dativedēclāmātiōnīdēclāmātiōnibus
accusativedēclāmātiōnemdēclāmātiōnēs
ablativedēclāmātiōnedēclāmātiōnibus
vocativedēclāmātiōdēclāmātiōnēs

dēclāmātĭo, ōnis, f. declamo.
I. Exercise in oratorical delivery, exercise or practice in speaking, declamation (class.; most freq. in Quint.): cum sit declamatio forensium actionum meditatio, etc., Quint. 4, 2, 29; cf. id. 2, 10, 4; 12 et saep.: in quotidiana declamatione utilis, etc., Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7; 2, 11, 26.—
B. Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), a theme, subject for declamation, called also causa (v. h. v.), Quint. 1, 2, 13; 10, 2, 12; 10, 5, 14; cf. Sen. Contr. 1 praef.— Poet. also of a person who serves as a theme, Juv. 10, 167.—
II. In a bad sense, loud, eager talking, bawling (so several times in Cic.): desinamus aliquando vulgari et pervagata declamatione contendere, Cic. Planc. 19, 47: sequitur ut materiae abhorrenti a veritate, declamatio adhibeatur, Tac. Dial. 35: non placet mihi inquisitio candidati, non declamatio potius quam persalutatio, Cic. Mur. 21, 44.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēclāmātiō From dēclāmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchdéclamation
  • Italiandeclamazione
  • Portuguesedeclamação
  • Romaniandeclamație
  • Spanishdeclamación
  • Indonesiandeklamasifrom French déclamation
  • Russianдеклама́ция

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDeclamatioDeclamatio a term which came into use first in Cicero's time (Brut. 90, 310: commentabar declamitans, sic enim nunc loquuntur) for the rhetorical exer…

Quick answers

What does dēclāmātiō mean in Latin?
dēclāmātiō, a noun, means “declamation (oratorical delivery)”.
What is the genitive of dēclāmātiō?
The genitive singular is dēclāmātiōnis. dēclāmātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēclāmātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.kɫaːˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.klaˈmat.t͡si.o].