noun · femininethird declension
frequentātiō
frequentātiō f (genitive frequentātiōnis)
Classical[frɛ.kʷɛnˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[fre.kʷenˈtat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- frequent use, frequency
- rhetorica recapitulation, summary
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frequentātiō | frequentātiōnēs |
| genitive | frequentātiōnis | frequentātiōnum |
| dative | frequentātiōnī | frequentātiōnibus |
| accusative | frequentātiōnem | frequentātiōnēs |
| ablative | frequentātiōne | frequentātiōnibus |
| vocative | frequentātiō | frequentātiōnēs |
frĕquentātĭo, ōnis, f. frequento,
I. frequency, frequent use, a crowding together.
I. In gen. (very rare):
matrimoniorum, Gell. 1, 6, 6.—II. In partic., in rhet. lang. (esp. in Cic.):
densa et continens verborum, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27: argumentorum et coacervatio universa, Cic. Part. 35, 122: consequentium, id. ib. 16, 55.—B. As a flg. of speech, a condensed recapitulation of the arguments already stated separately, a recapitulation, summing up:
frequentatio est, cum res in tota causa dispersae coguntur in unum, quo gravior aut criminosior oratio sit, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
frequentātiō ōnis, f
frequento, a frequent use, crowding : argumentorum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin frequentātiō From frequentō (“to frequent”) + -tiō.