anteoccupatio

Latin

Etymology

ante- (“before”) +‎ occupātiō (“seizing, capturing”). Calque of Ancient Greek προκατάληψις (prokatálēpsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.te.ok.kuˈpaː.ti.oː/, [än̪t̪eɔkːʊˈpäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.te.ok.kuˈpat.t͡si.o/, [än̪t̪eokːuˈpät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

anteoccupātiō f (genitive anteoccupātiōnis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) an anticipation of objections; procatalepsis

   Synonym: anticipātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anteoccupātiō	anteoccupātiōnēs
genitive	anteoccupātiōnis	anteoccupātiōnum
dative	anteoccupātiōnī	anteoccupātiōnibus
accusative	anteoccupātiōnem	anteoccupātiōnēs
ablative	anteoccupātiōne	anteoccupātiōnibus
vocative	anteoccupātiō	anteoccupātiōnēs

References

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