noun · femininethird declension
obsecrātiō
obsecrātiō f (genitive obsecrātiōnis)
Meaning
- supplication, entreaty
- asseveration, protestation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | obsecrātiō | obsecrātiōnēs |
| genitive | obsecrātiōnis | obsecrātiōnum |
| dative | obsecrātiōnī | obsecrātiōnibus |
| accusative | obsecrātiōnem | obsecrātiōnēs |
| ablative | obsecrātiōne | obsecrātiōnibus |
| vocative | obsecrātiō | obsecrātiōnēs |
obsĕcrātĭo, ōnis, f. obsecro.
I. In gen., a beseeching, imploring, supplication, entreaty (class.):
prece et obsecratione humili uti, Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; id. Font. 17, 39: judicum, addressed to the judges, Quint. 6, 1, 33: percipe obsecrationem meam, Vulg. Psa. 142, 1: fit ad Deum pro illis, id. Rom. 10, 1.—II. In partic.
A. An asseveration, protestation, accompanied by an invocation of the gods or of religious things, Gr. δέησις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 105; cf. Just. 24, 2, 5; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—
B. A public prayer:
obsecrationem indicere, Liv. 27, 11; id. 4, 21; 26, 23; 31, 9; Cic. Har. Resp. 28 fin.: habere, Suet. Caes. 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
obsecrātiō ōnis, f
obsecro, a beseeching, imploring, supplication, entreaty: eius.—As a rhetorical figure, C.—A public prayer: a populo facta, L.—Plur., C.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin obsecrātiō From obsecrō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Frenchobsécration