excogitatio

Latin

Etymology

excōgitō +‎ -tiō

Noun

excōgitātiō f (genitive excōgitātiōnis); third declension

1. contriving, devising, inventing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	excōgitātiō	excōgitātiōnēs
Genitive	excōgitātiōnis	excōgitātiōnum
Dative	excōgitātiōnī	excōgitātiōnibus
Accusative	excōgitātiōnem	excōgitātiōnēs
Ablative	excōgitātiōne	excōgitātiōnibus
Vocative	excōgitātiō	excōgitātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: excogitation
• French: excogitation
• Italian: escogitazione

References

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