anticipatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

anticipātiō f (genitive anticipātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative anticipātiō anticipātiōnēs
genitive anticipātiōnis anticipātiōnum
dative anticipātiōnī anticipātiōnibus
accusative anticipātiōnem anticipātiōnēs
ablative anticipātiōne anticipātiōnibus
vocative anticipātiō anticipātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • 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.