geminatio

geminatio

Latin

Etymology

    From geminō (double, repeat) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    geminātiō f (genitive geminātiōnis); third declension

    1. a doubling

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative geminātiō geminātiōnēs
    genitive geminātiōnis geminātiōnum
    dative geminātiōnī geminātiōnibus
    accusative geminātiōnem geminātiōnēs
    ablative geminātiōne geminātiōnibus
    vocative geminātiō geminātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: gemination
    • Italian: geminazione
    • Portuguese: geminação
    • Spanish: geminación

    References

    • geminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • geminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "geminatio", 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)
    • geminatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.