devotio

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēvōtum +‎ -tiō, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwoː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈvɔt.t͡si.o] === Noun === dēvōtiō f (genitive dēvōtiōnis); third declension The act of devoting or consecrating. Fealty, allegiance, devotedness, deference. Piety, devotion, zeal. The act of cursing; curse, imprecation, execration. Sorcery, enchantment; magical formula, incantation, spell. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (allegiance): obsequium ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “devotio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “devotio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "devotio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “devotio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “devotio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers