vacatio

Latin

Etymology

vacō (“to be free”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

vacātiō f (genitive vacātiōnis); third declension

  1. freedom, exemption, immunity (from service)
  2. privilege

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vacātiō vacātiōnēs
Genitive vacātiōnis vacātiōnum
Dative vacātiōnī vacātiōnibus
Accusative vacātiōnem vacātiōnēs
Ablative vacātiōne vacātiōnibus
Vocative vacātiō vacātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • vacatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vacatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vacatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vacatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be excused military duty: militiae vacationem habere
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