paratio

Latin

Etymology

parō (“to prepare”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈraː.ti.oː/, [päˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈrat.t͡si.o/, [päˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

parātiō f (genitive parātiōnis); third declension

1. (rare) preparation, procurement

   Synonym: comparātiō

   parātiō rēgnī ― contriving for the crown, striving after sovereignty

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parātiō	parātiōnēs
genitive	parātiōnis	parātiōnum
dative	parātiōnī	parātiōnibus
accusative	parātiōnem	parātiōnēs
ablative	parātiōne	parātiōnibus
vocative	parātiō	parātiōnēs

References

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