datio

Latin

Etymology

dō +‎ -tiō

Noun

datiō f (genitive datiōnis); third declension

1. the act of giving, allotting or distributing, giving up, surrender

   Synonym: dēditiō

2. a gift

   Synonyms: dōnum, datum, oblātiō, pretium, praemium

3. the right to give away property; right of alienation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	datiō	datiōnēs
genitive	datiōnis	datiōnum
dative	datiōnī	datiōnibus
accusative	datiōnem	datiōnēs
ablative	datiōne	datiōnibus
vocative	datiō	datiōnēs

Derived terms

• circumdatiō

Descendants

• → French: dation
• → Italian: dazio

References

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