anticipatio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anticipo +‎ -tio. In the rhetoric sense, a calque of Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis).

Noun[edit]

anticipātiō f (genitive anticipātiōnis); third declension

  1. preconception, innate notion
  2. anticipation
  3. (rhetoric) prolepsis
    Synonym: anteoccupātiō

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anticipātiō anticipātiōnēs
Genitive anticipātiōnis anticipātiōnum
Dative anticipātiōnī anticipātiōnibus
Accusative anticipātiōnem anticipātiōnēs
Ablative anticipātiōne anticipātiōnibus
Vocative anticipātiō anticipātiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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