LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēprecātiō

dēprecātiō f (genitive dēprecātiōnis)
Classical[deː.prɛˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.preˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a warding off or averting by prayer; deprecation, invocation
  2. imprecation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēprecātiōdēprecātiōnēs
genitivedēprecātiōnisdēprecātiōnum
dativedēprecātiōnīdēprecātiōnibus
accusativedēprecātiōnemdēprecātiōnēs
ablativedēprecātiōnedēprecātiōnibus
vocativedēprecātiōdēprecātiōnēs

dēprĕcātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a warding off or averting by prayer; a deprecating, deprecation.
I. Prop.
A. In gen.: periculi. Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 26: venia deprecationis, Quint. prooem. § 2.—
b. Esp., in relig. lang., an imprecation: defigi diris deprecationibus, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: deorum, an invoking of the gods to send punishment on the perjurer, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46; Petr. 18, 1.—More freq.,
II. Transf., a prayer for pardon, deprecation: ejus facti, Cic. Part. Or. 37 fin.; cf. inertiae, Hirt. B. G. 8 prooem. § 1; Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 7: assidua, Vulg. Jacob. 5, 16.—So in rhetoric, like the Gr. προπαραίτησις or συγγνώμη, Cic. Inv. 2, 34; id. de Or. 3, 53 fin.; Auct. Her. 1, 14; Quint. 9, 1, 32 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēprecātiō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- Proto-Italic *preks Latin prex Latin precor Latin dēprecor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēprecātiō From dēprecor (“avert, warn off; deprecate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdeprecation
  • Frenchdéprécation
  • Italiandeprecazione
  • Romaniandeprecație
  • Spanishdeprecación

In English words that came into English from dēprecātiō

  • deprecationdēprecātiōnem

Quick answers

What does dēprecātiō mean in Latin?
dēprecātiō, a noun, means “a warding off or averting by prayer; deprecation, invocation; imprecation”.
What is the genitive of dēprecātiō?
The genitive singular is dēprecātiōnis. dēprecātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēprecātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.prɛˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.preˈkat.t͡si.o].
Where does dēprecātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēprecātiō.