saltatio

Latin

Etymology

From saltō (“dance”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /salˈtaː.ti.oː/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈtat.t͡si.o/, [säl̪ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

saltātiō f (genitive saltātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of dancing.
2. A dance, saltation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saltātiō	saltātiōnēs
Genitive	saltātiōnis	saltātiōnum
Dative	saltātiōnī	saltātiōnibus
Accusative	saltātiōnem	saltātiōnēs
Ablative	saltātiōne	saltātiōnibus
Vocative	saltātiō	saltātiōnēs

Derived terms

• saltātiuncula

Related terms

• saliēns
• salientēs
• saliō
• salisātiō
• salītiō
• saltābundus
• saltātim
• saltātor
• saltātōrius
• saltātrīx
• saltātus
• salticus
• saltitō
• saltō
• saltuātim
• saltus

Descendants

• Catalan: saltació
• English: saltation
• French: saltation
• Italian: saltazione
• Romanian: saltație
• Spanish: saltación

References

• “saltatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saltatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saltatio 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)
• saltatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “saltatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “saltatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin