procrastinatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prōcrāstinō (“to procrastinate”) + -tiō, from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proː.kraːs.tiˈnaː.ti.oː/, [proːkräːs̠t̪ɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.kras.tiˈnat.t͡si.o/, [prokräst̪iˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]prōcrāstinātiō f (genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis); third declension
- a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| genitive | prōcrāstinātiōnis | prōcrāstinātiōnum |
| dative | prōcrāstinātiōnī | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| accusative | prōcrāstinātiōnem | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| ablative | prōcrāstinātiōne | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| vocative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
Synonyms
[edit]- (procrastination): morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: procrastination
- → Spanish: procrastinación
References
[edit]- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procrastinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procrastinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.