desideratio

Latin

Etymology

dēsīderō (“to miss, desire”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.siː.deˈraː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠iːd̪ɛˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.si.deˈrat.t͡si.o/, [d̪es̬id̪eˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēsīderātiō f (genitive dēsīderātiōnis); third declension

1. desire, longing (for something)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēsīderātiō	dēsīderātiōnēs
genitive	dēsīderātiōnis	dēsīderātiōnum
dative	dēsīderātiōnī	dēsīderātiōnibus
accusative	dēsīderātiōnem	dēsīderātiōnēs
ablative	dēsīderātiōne	dēsīderātiōnibus
vocative	dēsīderātiō	dēsīderātiōnēs

References

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