allectatio

Latin

Etymology

From allectō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.lekˈta.ti.o/, [älːʲɛkˈt̪ät̪iɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.lekˈtat.t͡si.o/, [älːekˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

allectātiō f (genitive allectātiōnis); third declension

1. enticement, allure
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.10.32

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	allectātiō	allectātiōnēs
genitive	allectātiōnis	allectātiōnum
dative	allectātiōnī	allectātiōnibus
accusative	allectātiōnem	allectātiōnēs
ablative	allectātiōne	allectātiōnibus
vocative	allectātiō	allectātiōnēs

Related terms

• allectō

Descendants

• English: allectation

References

• “allectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allectatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• allectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.