LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vexātiō

vexātiō f (genitive vexātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. shaking (or similar violent movement)
  2. agitation
  3. discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress
  4. trouble, vexation
  5. persecution

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevexātiōvexātiōnēs
genitivevexātiōnisvexātiōnum
dativevexātiōnīvexātiōnibus
accusativevexātiōnemvexātiōnēs
ablativevexātiōnevexātiōnibus
vocativevexātiōvexātiōnēs

vexātĭo, ōnis, f. vexo,
I. a violent movement, shaking.
I. Lit. (rare): partus, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 253: minima pomorum, Petr. 60: ipsā enim vexatione constringitur (arbor) et radices certius figit, Sen. Prov. 4, 16.—
II. Trop., agitation, trial: nisi agitetur (virtus), nisi assiduā vexatione roboretur, non potest esse perfecta, Lact. 3, 29, 26.—
III. Transf., in gen., discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress; trouble, vexation: corporis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: vulneris, Liv. 21, 48, 7: cum omni genere vexationis processerunt, id. 44, 5, 8: viae, Col. 1, 3, 3: stomachi, Plin. 31, 6, 35, § 68: dentes sine vexatione extrahere, id. 32, 7, 26, § 79: ut virgines Vestales ex acerbissimā vexatione eriperem, Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2: vexatio direptioque sociorum, id. ib. 1, 7, 18: per vexationem et contumelias, Liv. 38, 59, 9: multā cum vexatione, Curt. 5, 4, 21: sine magnā vexatione, id. 6, 5, 13.—
B. Persecution, Sulp. Sev. 1, 1, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vexātiō From vexō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanvexació
  • Englishvexation
  • Frenchvexation
  • Italianvessazione
  • Portuguesevexação
  • Romanianvexațiune
  • Romanianvexație
  • Spanishvejación

Quick answers

What does vexātiō mean in Latin?
vexātiō, a noun, means “shaking (or similar violent movement); agitation; discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress”.
What is the genitive of vexātiō?
The genitive singular is vexātiōnis. vexātiō is feminine, third declension.