coronatio

coronatio

Latin

Etymology

    From corōnō (to crown) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    corōnātiō f (genitive corōnātiōnis); third declension

    1. (Late Latin) crowning, coronation
      • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 7.27:
        Si autem [] coronatione virilium pudendorum [] unum verum Deum [] colere se quisque contendat: non ideo peccat, quia non est colendus quem colit, sed quia colendum non ut colendus est colit.
        But if anyone insists that he worships the one true God [] by the putting of a wreath on the male organ, [] such a person does not sin because he worships One who ought not to be worshipped, but because he worships Him who ought to be worshipped in a way in which He ought not to be worshipped.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative corōnātiō corōnātiōnēs
    genitive corōnātiōnis corōnātiōnum
    dative corōnātiōnī corōnātiōnibus
    accusative corōnātiōnem corōnātiōnēs
    ablative corōnātiōne corōnātiōnibus
    vocative corōnātiō corōnātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: coronació
    • Galician: coroación
    • Italian: coronazione
    • Old French: coronacion (see there for further descendants)
    • Polish: koronacja
    • Portuguese: coroação
    • Romanian: coronație
    • Spanish: coronación

    References

    • coronatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • coronatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.