palpitatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From palpitō (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”) +‎ -tiō, frequentative of palpō (“touch softly, stroke, pat”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paɫ.pɪˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pal.piˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === palpitātiō f (genitive palpitātiōnis); third declension A frequent and rapid motion, trembling, throbbing, pulsating, palpitation, quivering, twitching. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “palpitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "palpitatio", 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) “palpitatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.