praedatio

Latin

Etymology

From praedor +‎ -tiō.

Noun

praedātiō f (genitive praedātiōnis); third declension

1. the taking of booty, plundering; predation

   Synonym: spoliātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praedātiō	praedātiōnēs
genitive	praedātiōnis	praedātiōnum
dative	praedātiōnī	praedātiōnibus
accusative	praedātiōnem	praedātiōnēs
ablative	praedātiōne	praedātiōnibus
vocative	praedātiō	praedātiōnēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: prãdãciuni
• English: predation
• French: prédation
• Italian: predazione
• Portuguese: predação
• Romanian: prădăciune
• Spanish: predación

References

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