LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

rogātiō

rogātiō f (genitive rogātiōnis)
Classical[rɔˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[roˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. An inquiry or proposal to the people for passing a law or decree; a proposed law, decree or bill.
  2. A question, interrogation, questioning.
  3. An asking, demanding; prayer, entreaty, request; invitation.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerogātiōrogātiōnēs
genitiverogātiōnisrogātiōnum
dativerogātiōnīrogātiōnibus
accusativerogātiōnemrogātiōnēs
ablativerogātiōnerogātiōnibus
vocativerogātiōrogātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)
to bring a bill before the notice of the people.

rŏgātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. Publicists' t. t., an inquiry of the people as to whether they will decree this or that, a proposal to the people for passing a law or decree, a proposed law or decree, a bill: quae (rogatio) de Pompeio a Gellio et a Lentulo consulibus lata est, was proposed, presented, introduced, Cic. Balb. 14, 33: quibus lege aut rogatione civitas aut libertas erepta sit, id. Caecin. 84, 100 Halm ad loc.: rogationem ferre de aliquo, id. Sull. 23, 65: in aliquem, id. Brut. 23, 89: ad populum, Caes. B. C. 3, 1: ad plebem, Liv. 33, 25: in dissuasione rogationis ejus, quae contra coloniam Narbonensem ferebatur, Cic. Clu. 51, 140: Piso lator rogationis idem erat dissuasor, id. Att. 1, 14, 5: rogationem promulgare, Sall. J. 40, 1; cf.: promulgantur uno eodemque tempore rogationes ab eodem tribuno de meā pernicie et de provinciis consulum, Cic. Sest. 10 fin.; Liv. 41, 6: suasit rogationem, recommended, spoke in favor of it, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109: intercedere rogationi, to oppose it, id. de Or. 2, 47, 197: rogationem accipere, to accept it, id. Att. 1, 14, 5; for which: rogationes jubere (opp. antiquare), Liv. 6, 39: per vim rogationem perferre, to carry through, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3: cum provocatione rogationem pertulit, Liv. 3, 54, 15: recitare rogationis carmen, id. 3, 64, 10. — The formula made use of in such a rogation runs thus, in Gell. 5, 19, 9: velitis jubeatis uti, etc. (here follows the proposed law; at the close): haec ita uti dixi ita vos Quirites rogo.—
II. Transf., in gen.,
A. A question, interrogation, only as a figure of speech: rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 29. —
B. An asking, demanding; a prayer, entreaty, request (very rare): ego Curtium non modo rogatione sed etiam testimonio tuo diligo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; id. Planc. 10, 25: injusta amici, Val. Max. 6, 4, 4; Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Latinrogātiō

Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵósder. Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-der. Proto-Italic *prokos Latin procus Latin procō Latin rogō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin rogātiō From rogō (“ask; request”) + -tiō.

Borrowed
  • Catalanrogació
  • Englishrogation
  • Frenchrogation
  • Italianrogazione
  • Spanishrogación
  • Venetanrogažion
Inherited
  • Romanianrugăciune
  • Frenchrouaisounsfrom Old French rovaison
  • Portugueserogação
  • Megleno-Romanianrugăciuni
  • Old Occitanroazó

Quick answers

What does rogātiō mean in Latin?
rogātiō, a noun, means “An inquiry or proposal to the people for passing a law or decree; a proposed law, decree or bill.; A question, interrogation, questioning.”.
What is the genitive of rogātiō?
The genitive singular is rogātiōnis. rogātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rogātiō?
In classical Latin, [rɔˈɡaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [roˈɡat.t͡si.o].
Where does rogātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- → Latin rogātiō.