recitatio

Latin

Etymology

From recitō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.kiˈta.ti.o/, [rɛkɪˈt̪ät̪iɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.t͡ʃiˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ret͡ʃiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

recitātiō f (genitive recitātiōnis); third declension

1. recitation (reading aloud)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	recitātiō	recitātiōnēs
genitive	recitātiōnis	recitātiōnum
dative	recitātiōnī	recitātiōnibus
accusative	recitātiōnem	recitātiōnēs
ablative	recitātiōne	recitātiōnibus
vocative	recitātiō	recitātiōnēs

Related terms

• recitō

Descendants

• French: récitation
• Italian: recitazione
• Portuguese: recitação
• Romanian: recitație
• Spanish: recitación

References

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