elatio
Latin
Etymology
From ēlātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; rise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlat.t͡si.o/, [eˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
ēlātiō f (genitive ēlātiōnis); third declension
- The act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial.
- The act of lifting or raising up, elevation.
- (figuratively) The state of being carried away or hurried along; transport; passion.
- (figuratively) Exaltation, elevation, glorification, extolment.
- (figuratively) An exalted state of mind; self-exaltation, pride, elation.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ēlātiō | ēlātiōnēs |
Genitive | ēlātiōnis | ēlātiōnum |
Dative | ēlātiōnī | ēlātiōnibus |
Accusative | ēlātiōnem | ēlātiōnēs |
Ablative | ēlātiōne | ēlātiōnibus |
Vocative | ēlātiō | ēlātiōnēs |
References
- “elatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- elatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
- the exalted strain of the speech: elatio atque altitudo orationis
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