praedatio

Latin

Etymology

From praedor +‎ -tiō.

Noun

praedātiō f (genitive praedātiōnis); third declension

the taking of booty, plundering; predation
Synonym: spoliātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praedātiō	praedātiōnēs
Genitive	praedātiōnis	praedātiōnum
Dative	praedātiōnī	praedātiōnibus
Accusative	praedātiōnem	praedātiōnēs
Ablative	praedātiōne	praedātiōnibus
Vocative	praedātiō	praedātiōnēs

Descendants

Aromanian: prãdãciuni
English: predation
French: prédation
Italian: predazione
Portuguese: predação
Romanian: prădăciune
Spanish: predación

References

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

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