captivatio

Latin

Etymology

From captivō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kap.tiːˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [käpt̪iːˈu̯äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈvat.t͡si.o/, [käpt̪iˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

captīvātiō f (genitive captīvātiōnis); third declension

1. subjugation, enslavement
   • c. 485 AD — c. 585 AD, Cassiodorus, Variae, 10.30

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captīvātiō	captīvātiōnēs
genitive	captīvātiōnis	captīvātiōnum
dative	captīvātiōnī	captīvātiōnibus
accusative	captīvātiōnem	captīvātiōnēs
ablative	captīvātiōne	captīvātiōnibus
vocative	captīvātiō	captīvātiōnēs

References

• “captivatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "captivatio", 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)
• captivatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.