supererogatio

Latin

Etymology

From superērogō (“pay out over and above”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /su.pe.reː.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛreːrɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.pe.re.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [supereroˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

superērogātiō f (genitive superērogātiōnis); third declension

1. A payment in addition.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	superērogātiō	superērogātiōnēs
genitive	superērogātiōnis	superērogātiōnum
dative	superērogātiōnī	superērogātiōnibus
accusative	superērogātiōnem	superērogātiōnēs
ablative	superērogātiōne	superērogātiōnibus
vocative	superērogātiō	superērogātiōnēs

Derived terms

• superērogātōrius

Related terms

• ērogātiō
• ērogātor
• ērogātōrius
• ērogō
• superērogō

Descendants

• English: supererogation
• Italian: supererogazione
• French: surérogation

References

• “supererogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supererogatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.