desideratio

Latin

Etymology

dēsīderō (“to miss, desire”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠iːd̪ɛˈräːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.si.deˈra.t͡si.o/, [d̪ɛs̬id̪ɛˈräːt̪͡s̪iɔ]

Noun

dēsīderātiō f (genitive dēsīderātiōnis); third declension

  1. desire, longing (for something)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēsīderātiō dēsīderātiōnēs
Genitive dēsīderātiōnis dēsīderātiōnum
Dative dēsīderātiōnī dēsīderātiōnibus
Accusative dēsīderātiōnem dēsīderātiōnēs
Ablative dēsīderātiōne dēsīderātiōnibus
Vocative dēsīderātiō dēsīderātiōnēs

References
  • desideratio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desideratio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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