LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dispēnsātiō

dispēnsātiō f (genitive dispēnsātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. management, administration, stewardship
  2. dispensation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedispēnsātiōdispēnsātiōnēs
genitivedispēnsātiōnisdispēnsātiōnum
dativedispēnsātiōnīdispēnsātiōnibus
accusativedispēnsātiōnemdispēnsātiōnēs
ablativedispēnsātiōnedispēnsātiōnibus
vocativedispēnsātiōdispēnsātiōnēs

dispensātĭo, ōnis, f. dispenso.
I. Economical management, charge, direction, superintendence.
A. Lit.: aerarii, Cic. Vatin. 15, 36.—
B. Transf.: annonae, Liv. 10, 11; cf. id. 4, 12 fin.: est autem in eximendis favis necessaria dispensatio, Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 35; Front. Aquaed. 78 fin.—
II. The office of a dispensator, management, administratorship, stewardship, διοίκησις, Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28; id. Att. 15, 15, 3; Suet. Oth. 5; Inscr. Orell. 834; Vulg. 1 Cor. 9, 17.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dispēnsātiō From dispēnsō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdispensationfrom Old French despensacion
  • Spanishdispensación
  • Danishdispensation
  • Indonesiandispensasifrom Old French despensacion
  • Irishdispeansáidfrom Middle Irish dispensáid
  • Norwegiandispensasjon
  • Polishdyspensacja

Quick answers

What does dispēnsātiō mean in Latin?
dispēnsātiō, a noun, means “management, administration, stewardship; dispensation”.
What is the genitive of dispēnsātiō?
The genitive singular is dispēnsātiōnis. dispēnsātiō is feminine, third declension.