cameratio
Latin
Etymology
From camerō (“to vault or arch over”) + -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming action nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.mɛˈraː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.meˈrat.t͡si.o]
Noun
camerātiō f (genitive camerātiōnis); third declension
- (noun of action) an arching or vaulting
- (concrete noun) a vault or arch
- (by extension) a vaulted building
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | camerātiō | camerātiōnēs |
| genitive | camerātiōnis | camerātiōnum |
| dative | camerātiōnī | camerātiōnibus |
| accusative | camerātiōnem | camerātiōnēs |
| ablative | camerātiōne | camerātiōnibus |
| vocative | camerātiō | camerātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: cameration
References
- “cămĕrātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cămĕrātĭo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 250/1.