LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exsultātiō

exsultātiō f (genitive exsultātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. joy, exultation
  2. leaping, frisking

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexsultātiōexsultātiōnēs
exultātiōnēs
genitiveexsultātiōnis
exultātiōnis		exsultātiōnum
exultātiōnum
dativeexsultātiōnī
exultātiōnī		exsultātiōnibus
exultātiōnibus
accusativeexsultātiōnem
exultātiōnem		exsultātiōnēs
exultātiōnēs
ablativeexsultātiōne
exultātiōne		exsultātiōnibus
exultātiōnibus
vocativeexsultātiōexsultātiōnēs
exultātiōnēs

exsultātĭo (exult-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. a springing up, leaping, frisking (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: puerilis nimia exsultatio, Col. 7, 3, 18; Quint. 2, 2, 12; Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215. —
II. Trop., excessive rejoicing, exultation: gaudium enim exsultatio, exsultationem tumor et nimia aestimatio sui sequitur, Sen. de Ira, 2, 21; cf.: laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior, Gell. 2, 27, 31; Sen. Tranq. 15 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 72 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexsultātiō

Latin ex- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin saltō Latin exsultō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exsultātiō From exsultō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanexultació
  • Englishexultation
  • Frenchexultation
  • Italianesultazione
  • Occitanexultacion
  • Portugueseexultação
  • Romanianexultație
  • Romanianexultațiune
  • Spanishexultación
  • Galicianexultación

In English words that came into English from exsultātiō

  • exultationexsultātiō

Quick answers

What does exsultātiō mean in Latin?
exsultātiō, a noun, means “joy, exultation; leaping, frisking”.
What is the genitive of exsultātiō?
The genitive singular is exsultātiōnis. exsultātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does exsultātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exsultātiō.