LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

grātificātiō

grātificātiō f (genitive grātificātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. obligingness, complaisance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegrātificātiōgrātificātiōnēs
genitivegrātificātiōnisgrātificātiōnum
dativegrātificātiōnīgrātificātiōnibus
accusativegrātificātiōnemgrātificātiōnēs
ablativegrātificātiōnegrātificātiōnibus
vocativegrātificātiōgrātificātiōnēs

grātĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. gratificor,
I. a showing kindness, doing favors, obligingness, complaisance (rare but class.): conjungitur impudens gratificatio cum acerba injuria, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 6; id. Mur. 20, 42; id. N. D. 1, 44, 122; Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin grātificātiō From grātificor + -tiō.

Descendants
  • GermanGratifikation
  • Englishgratification
  • Frenchgratification
  • Italiangratificazione
  • Portuguesegratificação
  • Romaniangratificație
  • Romaniangratificațiune
  • Spanishgratificación
  • Danishgratifikation
  • Piedmontesegratificassion

In English words that came into English from grātificātiō

  • gratificationgrātificātiō

Quick answers

What does grātificātiō mean in Latin?
grātificātiō, a noun, means “obligingness, complaisance”.
What is the genitive of grātificātiō?
The genitive singular is grātificātiōnis. grātificātiō is feminine, third declension.