LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vacātiō

vacātiō f (genitive vacātiōnis)
Classical[waˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[vaˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. freedom, exemption, immunity (from service)
  2. privilege

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevacātiōvacātiōnēs
genitivevacātiōnisvacātiōnum
dativevacātiōnīvacātiōnibus
accusativevacātiōnemvacātiōnēs
ablativevacātiōnevacātiōnibus
vocativevacātiōvacātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

militiae vacationem habere
to be excused military duty.

văcātĭo, ōnis, f. vaco,
I. a being free from a duty, service, etc.; freedom, exemption, immunity; a freeing, exempting, dispensation (class.; syn. immunitas).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(a). With gen. obj.: vacatio omnium munerum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53: publici muneris, id. Fam. 9, 6, 5: sumptus, laboris, militiae, rerum denique omnium, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23: militiae, Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53; Just. 1, 9, 12: quinquennii militiae vacatio, Liv. 23, 20, 2; 42, 33, 4: rerum omnium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 58: malorum, Sen. Ep. 85, 5.—
(b). With ab: a causis vacatio, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 11: ab belli administratione, Liv. 23, 32, 15: ab opere, Col. 6, 14, 3: a sacerdotio, Gell. 1, 12, 7.—
(g). With quominus: vacationem augures, quominus judiciis operam darent, non habere, Cic. Brut. 31, 117.—
(d). Absol.: falsum est, ob vacationem pretium datum, Cic. Font. 4, 7: cum sacerdotes deorum vacationem habeant, quanto est aequius habere ipsos deos, id. Ac. 2, 38, 121: deprecari vacationem adulescentiae, id. Cael. 12, 30: rerum gestarum, id. Sull. 9, 26: aetatis, Nep. Att. 7, 1.—
B. In partic.
1. (Sc. militiae.) Exemption from military service: P. Vatinius ... et agro a senatu et vacatione donatus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6: delectum habere sublatis vacationibus, id. Phil. 5, 12, 31: senatus decrevit, ut ... dilectus haberetur, vacationes ne valerent, id. Att. 1, 19, 2: scribere exercitum sine ullā vacationis veniā, Liv. 8, 20, 3; 7, 28, 3; 27, 38, 3: locupletissimus quisque miles labore fatigari, donec vacationem emeret, Tac. H. 1, 46.—
2. (Sc. culpae.) Neque ei suam vacationem eripio, quā ille apud omnis utitur, ut nihil malitiose fecisse videntur, freedom from blame, Cic. Verr. 2, 7, 68, § 164 B. and K. (dub.; al. purgationem; al. culpae vacationem).—
II. Transf., a sum paid for exemption from military service: vacationes annuas exsolvere, Tac. H. 1, 46: vacationes centurionibus ex fisco numerat, id. ib. 1, 58.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vacātiō From vacō (“to be free”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishvacation
  • Frenchvacation
  • Italianvacazione
  • Portuguesevacação
  • Romanianvacație
  • Spanishvacación
  • Hungarianvakáció

Quick answers

What does vacātiō mean in Latin?
vacātiō, a noun, means “freedom, exemption, immunity (from service); privilege”.
What is the genitive of vacātiō?
The genitive singular is vacātiōnis. vacātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vacātiō?
In classical Latin, [waˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vaˈkat.t͡si.o].