lavatio

lavatio

Latin

Etymology

    From lavō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lavātiō f (genitive lavātiōnis); third declension

    1. a washing, bathing (action)
    2. bath (apparatus or place)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative lavātiō lavātiōnēs
    genitive lavātiōnis lavātiōnum
    dative lavātiōnī lavātiōnibus
    accusative lavātiōnem lavātiōnēs
    ablative lavātiōne lavātiōnibus
    vocative lavātiō lavātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: lavation
    • Italian: lavazione
    • Old French: lavation
    • Portuguese: lavação
    • Spanish: lavación

    References

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