procrastinatio
Latin
Etymology
From prōcrāstinō (“to procrastinate”) + -tiō, from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.kraːs.tiˈnaː.ti.oː/, [proː.kraːs.tɪˈnaː.ti.oː]
Noun
prōcrāstinātiō f (genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis); third declension
- a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| Genitive | prōcrāstinātiōnis | prōcrāstinātiōnum |
| Dative | prōcrāstinātiōnī | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| Accusative | prōcrāstinātiōnem | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
| Ablative | prōcrāstinātiōne | prōcrāstinātiōnibus |
| Vocative | prōcrāstinātiō | prōcrāstinātiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (procrastination): morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: procrastination
References
- procrastinatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- procrastinatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procrastinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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