LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

laudātiō

laudātiō f (genitive laudātiōnis)
Classical[ɫau̯ˈdaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[lau̯ˈdat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. commendation, praise
  2. eulogy, panegyric

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelaudātiōlaudātiōnēs
genitivelaudātiōnislaudātiōnum
dativelaudātiōnīlaudātiōnibus
accusativelaudātiōnemlaudātiōnēs
ablativelaudātiōnelaudātiōnibus
vocativelaudātiōlaudātiōnēs

laudātĭo, ōnis, f. laudo,
I. a praising, praise, commendation; a eulogy, panegyric.
I. In gen.: quam lauream cum tua laudatione conferrem? with your eulogy, i. e. that pronounced by you, Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1: felicitatem ipsam deorum immortalium judicio tribui laudationis est, id. de Or. 2, 85, 347: quae quidem laudatio hominis turpissimi mihi ipsi erat paene turpis, id. Pis. 29, 72: in omnibus laudationibus, Quint. 11, 3, 153.—With object.-gen.: laudationes eorum, qui sunt ab Homero laudati, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 116: legis, Quint. 7, 1, 47: laudationes modulatae, songs of praise, Suet. Ner. 20.—
II. In partic.
A. In a court of justice, a favorable testimony to a person's character, a eulogy, panegyric: lectissimos viros cum legatione ad hoc judicium, et cum gravissima atque ornatissima laudatione miserunt, Cic. Cael. 2, 5; id. Fl. 15, 36; id. Font. 2, 4: judicialis, Suet. Aug. 56.—
B. A funeral oration, eulogy: funebris, Cic. Mil. 13, 33; Quint. 3, 7, 2: est in manibus laudatio, quam cum legimus, etc., Cic. de Sen. 4, 12: nonnullae mortuorum laudationes, id. Brut. 16, 61.—With object.-gen.: matronarum, Liv. 5, 50.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin laudātiō From laudō + -tio.

Descendants
  • Englishlaudation
  • Portugueselaudação

Quick answers

What does laudātiō mean in Latin?
laudātiō, a noun, means “commendation, praise; eulogy, panegyric”.
What is the genitive of laudātiō?
The genitive singular is laudātiōnis. laudātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce laudātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɫau̯ˈdaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [lau̯ˈdat.t͡si.o].