noun · femininethird declension
imprecātiō
imprecātiō f (genitive imprecātiōnis)
Meaning
- imprecation, curse, hex
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imprecātiō inprecātiō | imprecātiōnēs inprecātiōnēs |
| genitive | imprecātiōnis inprecātiōnis | imprecātiōnum inprecātiōnum |
| dative | imprecātiōnī inprecātiōnī | imprecātiōnibus inprecātiōnibus |
| accusative | imprecātiōnem inprecātiōnem | imprecātiōnēs inprecātiōnēs |
| ablative | imprecātiōne inprecātiōne | imprecātiōnibus inprecātiōnibus |
| vocative | imprecātiō inprecātiō | imprecātiōnēs inprecātiōnēs |
imprĕcātĭo (inpr-), ōnis, f. imprecor,
I. an invoking of evil, imprecation (postAug.):
exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis, curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52: imprecationes nefariae, Amm. 29, 1, 25: dira, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—II. In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer:
pontificis, Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin imprecātiō From imprecor + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishimprecation
- Frenchimprécation
- Italianimprecazione
- Portugueseimprecação
- Romanianimprecație
- Spanishimprecación
In English words that came into English from imprecātiō
- imprecationimprecātiō