LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

haesitātiō

haesitātiō f (genitive haesitātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. hesitation, hesitating
  2. stammering
  3. irresolution, perplexity, embarrassment

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehaesitātiōhaesitātiōnēs
genitivehaesitātiōnishaesitātiōnum
dativehaesitātiōnīhaesitātiōnibus
accusativehaesitātiōnemhaesitātiōnēs
ablativehaesitātiōnehaesitātiōnibus
vocativehaesitātiōhaesitātiōnēs

haesĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a hesitating (rare but good prose).
I. Of speech, a stammering: qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum! Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202: deformis, Quint. 11, 2, 48.—
II. Mental uncertainty, irresolution, perplexity, embarrassment, hesitation (rare but class.): si facile inveneris quid dicas, noli ignoscere haesitationi meae, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2: non mediocris haesitatio est, hinc justitiae proposita imagine, inde pietatis, Quint. 12, 1, 40; 11, 2, 48: haesitationem attulit tempus et locus, Tac. H. 1, 39; Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1.

Origins

From haesitō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanhesitació
  • Frenchhésitation
  • Italianesitazione
  • Portuguesehesitação
  • Romanianezitațiune
  • Spanishhesitación
  • Piedmonteseesitassion

In English words that came into English from haesitātiō

  • hesitationhaesitātiōnem

Quick answers

What does haesitātiō mean in Latin?
haesitātiō, a noun, means “hesitation, hesitating; stammering; irresolution, perplexity, embarrassment”.
What is the genitive of haesitātiō?
The genitive singular is haesitātiōnis. haesitātiō is feminine, third declension.