LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dētestātiō

dētestātiō f (genitive dētestātiōnis)
Classical[deː.tɛsˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.tesˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. execration (solemn curse)
  2. detestation
  3. renunciation (formal)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedētestātiōdētestātiōnēs
genitivedētestātiōnisdētestātiōnum
dativedētestātiōnīdētestātiōnibus
accusativedētestātiōnemdētestātiōnēs
ablativedētestātiōnedētestātiōnibus
vocativedētestātiōdētestātiōnēs

dētestātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. In relig. lang.
A. Execration, cursing, detestation, Liv. 10, 38; Hor. Epod. 5, 89; Sen. Ep. 117 med.; Gell. 2, 6, 3; Vulg. Dan. 9, 11. —
B. A keeping off, averting, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135: scelerum, Cic. Dom. 55, 140.—
II. In judicial lang., a formal renunciation under oath: detestatio est denuntiatio facta cum testatione, Dig. 50, 16, 40; cf. detestor, no. II.—So detestatio sacrorum, the solemn renunciation of the family sacred rites, and thereby of the gens itself, which in arrogatio was made by the son, Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.: Liber (Servii Sulpicii) de sacris detestandis, id. 6, 12, 1.
dē-testātĭo, ōnis, f. 2. testis,
I. the removal of the testes, castration, Ap. M. 7, p. 198, 7.

Origins

From dētestō + -tiō, from the verb detestari.

Descendants
  • Frenchdétestation
  • Italiandetestazione
  • Portuguesedetestação
  • Romaniandetestație
  • Spanishdetestación

Quick answers

What does dētestātiō mean in Latin?
dētestātiō, a noun, means “execration (solemn curse); detestation; renunciation (formal)”.
What is the genitive of dētestātiō?
The genitive singular is dētestātiōnis. dētestātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dētestātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.tɛsˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.tesˈtat.t͡si.o].