praevaricatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From praevāricor + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.waː.rɪˈkaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.va.riˈkat.t͡si.o] === Noun === praevāricātiō f (genitive praevāricātiōnis); third declension violation of duty collusion transgression ==== Usage notes ==== The Old Latin form praevaricationus shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “praevaricatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praevaricatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "praevaricatio", 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) “praevaricatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “praevaricatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers