certatio

Latin

Etymology

From certō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈtaː.ti.oː/, [kɛrˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈtat.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃerˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

certātiō f (genitive certātiōnis); third declension

1. striving, strife, combat

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	certātiō	certātiōnēs
genitive	certātiōnis	certātiōnum
dative	certātiōnī	certātiōnibus
accusative	certātiōnem	certātiōnēs
ablative	certātiōne	certātiōnibus
vocative	certātiō	certātiōnēs

References

• “certatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “certatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• certatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.