LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

praevāricātiō

praevāricātiō f (genitive praevāricātiōnis)
Classical[prae̯.waː.rɪˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[pre.va.riˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. violation of duty
  2. collusion
  3. transgression

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepraevāricātiōpraevāricātiōnēs
genitivepraevāricātiōnispraevāricātiōnum
dativepraevāricātiōnīpraevāricātiōnibus
accusativepraevāricātiōnempraevāricātiōnēs
ablativepraevāricātiōnepraevāricātiōnibus
vocativepraevāricātiōpraevāricātiōnēs

praevārĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. praevaricor,
I. a stepping out of the line of duty, a violation of duty; esp. of an advocate who has a secret understanding with the opposite party, the making of a sham accusation or defence, collusion, prevarication (class.), Cic. Part. 36, 124: de praevaricatione absolutus, id. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: praevaricatio est, transire dicenda; praevaricatio etiam, cursim et breviter attingere, quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2: praevaricationis crimine corruere, id. ib. 3, 9, 34: praevaricationis damnatus, id. ib.—
II. Transgression, deviation from duty or law (eccl. Lat.): ubi enim non est lex, nec praevaricatio, Vulg. Rom. 4, 15: in redemptionem earum praevaricationum, id. Heb. 9, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin praevāricātiō From praevāricor + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanprevaricació
  • Italianprevaricazione
  • Portugueseprevaricação
  • Spanishprevaricación
  • Middle Frenchprevarication

In English words that came into English from praevāricātiō

  • prevaricationpraevāricātiō

Quick answers

What does praevāricātiō mean in Latin?
praevāricātiō, a noun, means “violation of duty; collusion; transgression”.
What is the genitive of praevāricātiō?
The genitive singular is praevāricātiōnis. praevāricātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce praevāricātiō?
In classical Latin, [prae̯.waː.rɪˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pre.va.riˈkat.t͡si.o].