procrastinatio

Latin

Etymology

From prōcrāstinō (“to procrastinate”) +‎ -tiō, from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prōcrāstinātiō f (genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis); third declension

  1. a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōcrāstinātiō prōcrāstinātiōnēs
Genitive prōcrāstinātiōnis prōcrāstinātiōnum
Dative prōcrāstinātiōnī prōcrāstinātiōnibus
Accusative prōcrāstinātiōnem prōcrāstinātiōnēs
Ablative prōcrāstinātiōne prōcrāstinātiōnibus
Vocative prōcrāstinātiō prōcrāstinātiōnēs

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → English: procrastination
  • → Spanish: procrastinación

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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